Knowledge and Practice Regarding Self-Medication of Analgesic Drugs of the Students of Nursing Institute, Naogaon
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This was a cross-sectional type of descriptive study that was carried out with a view to assessing knowledge and practice regarding self-medication of analgesic drugs of the students of the Nursing Institute, Naogaon. The sample size was 175 which were selected purposively. The mean age was 19.34±0.95 years. Here, 56.0% knew self-medication practice is a bad habit for a nursing student, 92.0% of respondents said that pain-relieving drugs are dangerous without anti-acid drugs, 60.0% told that self-medication practice is completely unethical, most 85.7% told that purchase of medicine needs a prescription, 67.43% respondents took medicine without doctor`s advice. This study provides some important information which might help the concerned people to take appropriate measures and might be the basis for further in-depth study on this issue.’’
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