Most nursing students to self medicate
Sunday, December 7th, 2008A group of students from 3rd, 4th and 5th year of the School of Nursing at the UNT A study on self-medication among its peers, which yielded disturbing results. While the race field is studied Pharmacology, 91% of the 95 students surveyed to self medicate. 78% said it does sometimes, and 13%, always.
Regarding the type of remedies that youth are not prescribed, the list is headed by painkillers such as aspirin or ibuprofen, with 65%. These drugs are called NSAIDs, because they are a combination of analgesic and NSAID. Secondly include influenza, with 8% after antibiotics, with 6%, and antacids and steroids, with 3%.
The most common reason that triggers self-medication is the pain: headache, muscle injuries or menstrual. It occupies 52% of cases. Other reasons are malaise (19%), fever (11%), allergy (4%) Acidity (3%), tiredness and weakness (2%).
Also, most drugs without a prescription buy in pharmacies (55%). 27% do so in kiosks or drugstores, 11% obtain them in hospitals or CAPS and 7% of relatives or friends. (more…)