“…Results showed that analgesics represent most utilized drug class in Saudi Arabia, in particular the potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) diclofenac. It is common in the society to use the OTC form of this drug like ointments and jells (Cooper, 2013, Sharma et al, 2015). However, the public use of analgesics can be explained, partially, by self medication (Suleiman, 2013), and the over prescribing of analgesics can be linked to poor control of prescription drugs in community pharmacies in Saudi and the loss of proper national guidelines (Khan, 2014).…”