“…Several national (Mendes & Lopes, 2014;Ribeiro et al, 2010) and international (Abay & Amelo, 2010;Adhikary et al, 2014;Al Flaiti et al, 2014;Alshawi et al, 2018;Corrêa da Silva et al, 2012;Donkor et al, 2012;El-Ezz & Ez-Elarab, 2011;Galato et al, 2012;Garofalo et al, 2015;González-Castillo et al, 2019;Gyawali, 2015;Helal & Abou-Elwafa, 2017;Idris et al, 2016;Klemenc-Ketis et al, 2010;Kumar et al, 2013;López-Cabra et al, 2016;Lukovic et al, 2014;Mustafa & Rohra, 2017;Sawalha, 2008;Skliros et al, 2010;Tuyishimire et al, 2019;Xu et al, 2019) studies from various countries on self-medication practices have focused on college students, identifying an increase and a high prevalence in this particular group (Al Flaiti et al, 2014). This may be related to many factors such as sociodemographic settings, lifestyle, accessibility and availability of medication, increased knowledge, advertisement and high level of education (Martins et al, 2002).…”