Popularity and Reasons of Russian Teenagers' Self-Medication

[...]of the survey, it was defined that 54% of teenagers purchased drugs without the doctor's prescription. The respondents demonstrated rather high indicators of visiting doctors. [...]the half of the survey participants indicated that they visited doctors 3 times a year and more often (Figure...

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Published in:Journal of pharmaceutical sciences and research 2018-09, Vol.10 (9), p.2249-2251
Main Authors: Denisova, L G, Denisova, M N, Tyranovets, S V, Litvinova, T M, Glazkova, I U, Smyslova, O A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advertising
Age
Antibiotics
Chronic illnesses
Drug stores
Families & family life
Health care
Parents & parenting
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacy
Prescription drugs
Public opinion
Secondary schools
Self-medication
Studies
Teenagers
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Summary:[...]of the survey, it was defined that 54% of teenagers purchased drugs without the doctor's prescription. The respondents demonstrated rather high indicators of visiting doctors. [...]the half of the survey participants indicated that they visited doctors 3 times a year and more often (Figure 2). Only 6% of the respondents indicated that they would go to the pharmacy to buy a drug individually. [...]of the survey, it has been defined that a bit more than half of the respondents - 54% - had the experience of purchasing drugs without the doctor's prescription.
ISSN:0975-1459