Research Article
Self-Medication Practices, Prevalence, and Associated Factors among Syrian Adult Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Types of drugs used for self-medication.
| | Drug type | n (%) |
| | Analgesics | 280 (55.7) | | Antipyretics | 77 (15.3) | | Antibiotics | 56 (11.1) | | Antihistamines | 13 (2.6) | | Antacids | 12 (2.4) | | Cough medicines | 7 (1.4) | | Flu medicines | 9 (1.8) | | Antispasmodics | 9 (1.8) | | Laxatives | 3 (0.6) | | Antidiarrheals | 2 (0.4) | | Antiemetics | 1 (0.2) | | Others (oral contraceptives, ocular and nasal drops, local skin medicines, and herbal medicines) | 34 (6.8) |
|
|
