Assessment of self medication practice and public perspectives toward role of community pharmacy professionals in Urban area of Dehradun

Abstract

Self-medication is a burning global issue today. Self- medication can be defined as the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms, or the intermittent or continued use of a prescribed drug for chronic or recurrent disease or symptoms. [1] Globally almost everyone practices self-medication in view of self-care of health. Families, friends, neighbors, the pharmacist, previous prescribed drug, or suggestions from an advertisement in newspapers or popular magazines are common sources of self-medications. [2].