Self-medication of antibiotics: investigating practice among university students at the Malaysian National Defence University

• Main Authors: Haque, Mainul, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina, McKimm, Judy, Kibria, Golam Mohammad, Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim, Haque, Seraj Zohurul, Islam, Md Zakirul, Abdullah, Shahidah Leong, Mohammad Daher, Aqil, Zulkifli, Zainal, Rahman, Sayeeda, Kabir, Russell, Lutfi, Siti Nur Najihah, Othman, Nur Syamirah Aishah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/76149/1/76149_Self-medication%20of%20antibiotics.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76149/2/76149_Self-medication%20of%20antibiotics_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76149/13/76149_Self%20medication%20of%20antibiotics%20investigating_wos.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/76149/; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6529675/pdf/idr-12-1333.pdf

Background: Self-medication of drugs to alleviate symptoms is a common global behavior, helping relieve burdens on health services, but many drugs eg, antibiotics are prescription-only. Self-medication of antibiotics (SMA) is an irrational use of drugs, contributing to microbial resistance increasin...