Investigation into use of Drugs in Wrong Nervous System Indications Among Students in Chittagong city of Bangladesh: A Comparison Between Medical and Nonmedical Students
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All kinds of drugs are available over the counter in Bangladesh. The objective of this study was to investigate the over the counter use of self-medicated drugs targeting nervous system among medical and nonmedical students. By snowball sampling method, 101 medical students and 186 nonmedical students were found who used at least one of the ９ drugs (be- lieved as antipsychotics among nonmedical people) under survey within 6 months prior to survey date. The nine drugs used
for survey were Domeperidone, Sertraline, Amitriptyline, Midazolam, Diazepam, Bromazepam, Flupentixol-melitracen and Clonazepam. The symptoms, diseases etc. of the students and the length of therapies they had followed for the respect- ive drugs were noted. Among nonmedical students, several cases were found where drugs were being self medicated in wrong indications, for example, use of flupentixol-melitracen and domeperidone to treat headache. The nonmedical stu- dents chose the fast acting drugs having the strongest effects for self medication.
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