Surveilance of drugs using status of households at some communes of Hue City
- Author:
Truong Thi Dieu Thuan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
*drugs using
- MeSH:
Pharmaceutical Preparations;
Drugs, Non-Prescription;
drugs;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2003;291(12):9-14
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
300 households in Hue city underwent an inquiry using a questionary concerning the knowledge, the attitude of common civilian on the medicaments. Results showed a rate of 89% of population had used the physician prescription, 90% consumed antibiotics, 94% consumed antipyretics, anti-inflammation pain relief and pain relief agents, 89% vitamines, usually people took medicines to treat common diseases and conditions, such as fever (71%), cough (28%), asthenia (30%), diarrhoe (33%). In 6%, there is an abnormal complication in using medicine at home
