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Evaluation of Self-Medication Practices in Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu


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1 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India
     

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Self medicine is wide spread in India, on account of demonstrating compassion towards their evil relatives or companions, human services administrations not effectively accessible extraordinarily in provincial territories, destitution, ignorance, doubts, too many medication commercials given by pharmaceutical companiess, and simple access to prescriptions from pharmacies on the grounds that full time drug specialist isn’t accessible, drug store keep running without drug specialists and normal medications can be accomplished from kirana shops (other than drug store).

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Destitution, Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical Companies.
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  • Evaluation of Self-Medication Practices in Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

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Authors

V. Aljin
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India
A. K. Savitha
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India
S. Suthanthira Kannan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India

Abstract


Self medicine is wide spread in India, on account of demonstrating compassion towards their evil relatives or companions, human services administrations not effectively accessible extraordinarily in provincial territories, destitution, ignorance, doubts, too many medication commercials given by pharmaceutical companiess, and simple access to prescriptions from pharmacies on the grounds that full time drug specialist isn’t accessible, drug store keep running without drug specialists and normal medications can be accomplished from kirana shops (other than drug store).

Keywords


Destitution, Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical Companies.