Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of Self Medication Among Second Year Undergraduate Medical Students Of Kampala International University Western Campus

ABSTRACT Background: Self-medication particularly with analgesics and antibiotics has been widely reported leading the WHO to call attention to the dangers of self-medication as a cause of antibiotic resistance (Kamat VR and Nichter M., 1998; Abasaeed A et al, 2009; Sarahroodi S et al, 2010; Nalini GK, 2010; Calva J, 1996). In country like Uganda there is a wide range of drugs coupled with inadequate health service result in increased proportion of drug used as a selfmedication compared to prescribed drugs (Sharma R, 2005). Assessment of knowledge and practice of self- medication is warranted …