&lt;p&gt;Self-medication of antibiotics: investigating practice among university students at the Malaysian National Defence University&lt;/p&gt;

Haque, Mainul; Azlina A. Rahman, Nor; McKimm, Judy; Mohammad Kibria, Golam; Anwarul Azim Majumder, Md; Zohurul Haque, Seraj; Zakirul Islam, Md; Leong Binti Abdullah, Shahidah; Mohammad Daher, Aqil; Zulkifli, Zainal; Rahman, Sayeeda; Kabir, Russell; Nur Najihah Binti Lutfi, Siti; Syamirah Aishah Binti Othman, Nur

doi:10.2147/idr.s203364

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

Published in Infection and Drug Resistance • May 1, 2019

Authors:

Mainul Haque

Nor Azlina A. Rahman

Judy McKimm

Abstract

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...

Subject

Self-medication

Medical prescription

SMA*

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