Study on Self-Medication Practices among Undergraduate Medical Students in Katihar, Bihar

Abstract

Introduction: Self-Medication is quite a prevalent public health problem and widely practiced in every part of the world, especially in developing countries like India. Self-Medication can be defined as the use of drugs to treat selfdiagnosed disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptom, Medical students are in a unique position for wide practice of self-medication. The current study aimed to estimate the prevalence and practices of self-medication among the undergraduate medical students of Katihar Medical College,