Suleymanov S.S. 1
Shamina Y.A. 2
1 Ministry of Public Health of the Khabarovsk Territory «Territorial State Budget Educational Institution of Additional Professional Education» Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers, Khabarovsk
2 Ministry of Public Health of the Khabarovsk Territory «Territorial State Budget Educational Institution of Additional Professional Education» Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers, Khabarovsk
Self-medication medicines is one of the key public health issues. On the one hand, self-medication is an important resource for health, with another set of risks associated with the use of the OTC-drugs and prescription medications in the Russian chemist’s organizations (mostly) without prescription. In work are investigated prevalence and the reasons of self-treatment of pain syndromes by results of questioning of visitors of drugstores, preferences of buyers and the recommendation of pharmacists for choice analgetics at regional level are revealed.The obtained data revealed high percent of self-treatment of pain syndromes among the population. Use of prescription NSAID in a mode of self-treatment of pain – result of an independent choice of the consumer, and a choice (possible, the decision remains for the buyer) according to the recommendation of pharmacists.
pain
self-medication
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
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Рецензенты:
Ивашев М.Н., д.м.н, профессор, зав. кафедрой клинической фармакологии ГБОУ ВПО «Пятигорская государственная фармацевтическая академия» Министерства здравоохранения и социального развития Российской Федерации, г. Пятигорск;
Кетова Г.Г., д.м.н, профессор кафедры профессиональных болезней и клинической фармакологии ГБОУ ВПО «Челябинская медицинская академия» Министерства здравоохранения и социального развития Российской Федерации, г. Челябинск.
