Abstract:
Self-medication has become a common practice among the peoples of all over the world. In
Bangladesh it has also being practiced within the people. For self-medication practice a minimum
knowledge is required regarding disease symptoms, diagnosis, use of drugs and doses. That’s why
the present study was designed to conduct a survey among the people of Gazipur Sadar Upazilla,
Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh about self-medication present perspective from 03 DEC 2023 to 15
DEC 2023. It was a close ended survey with set structured questionnaire and data was collected
with the population consent. The sample size was 139, a single population with occupational
proportionality. The study showed 92.81% of the population were doing self-medication and
7.19% population were out of this practice. Among that population about 52.5% of the population
didn’t have any idea about the dose and dose intervals of the medicines. Also 59.80% of the
population didn’t complete dose of the medicine and 52% didn’t know the consequences of not
completing the dose. And also 54% population didn’t aware of improper use of antibiotics.
Due to financial issues 64% population prefer self-medication and also 69.06% population prefer
shop dispenser advices for their self-medication. This study has also found majority of selfmedication was taken for certain diseases (headache, acidity, diarrhea, depression) and these were
just the result of inadequate food habits and life style of the population. In conclusion, public
awareness should be increased about the self-medication and dose, dose intervals and also
consequences of improper and long-term use of the medicines. They should be made aware of their
food habits and life style to minimize the occurrence of certain disease and also self-medication.
