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    Estudio de la automedicación en pobladores que asisten a una conocida cadena de boticas de la urbanización Progreso del distrito de Carabayllo agosto–setiembre 2013
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2013) Gutiérrez Romero, Nancy Rocío; Huallpa Meza, Elizabeth Melissa; Caldas Herrera, Emma
    The voluntary use of unknown medications or those previously prescribed by a physician constitutes an act that may cause harm to the patient who ingests them. Therefore, the present research aims to study the percentage of self-medication, the symptoms, the therapeutic group, the main causes, and the level of knowledge about the consequences of self-medicating among the residents of the Progreso neighborhood in the district of Carabayllo, aged between 21 and 65 years, during the months of August and September 2013. The results indicate that 88.3% of the studied population admitted to self-medicating. This problem is associated with the most frequent symptoms: pain (27.5%), respiratory conditions (18.9%), and inflammation (11.2%). The most frequently used therapeutic groups were analgesics (31.4%), antibiotics (23.7%), and anti-inflammatory drugs (10.7%). The main causes were recommendations from third parties (63.9%), lack of money (62.7%), and the use of previous prescriptions (60.1%). The level of knowledge about the consequences of self-medication in the studied population was 44.5%, while 55.5% were unaware of the issue.