Self- medication in students = Egyetemi hallgatók öngyógyszerezési szokásai

Self-medication empowers patients to treat or prevent short term or chronic illnesses which they consider not requiring the consultation of a physician or may be treated by the people after an initial medical diagnosis.1 The prevalence rates are high all over the world; up to 68% in European countries.2Various previous studies have shown that self medication practices are more common in women, who live alone, have a lower socioeconomic status, have more chronic diseases, have psychiatric conditions or are of younger ages.3 The youth is especially exposed to the media and the increased digital advertising world of pharmaceuticals.Our objective was to determine the prevalence, attitude and knowledge of self-medication amongst medicine and pharmacy university students in Tirgu-Mures, Romania