IMPACT OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST TO IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS OF SELF-MEDICATION PRACTICES AMONG ELDERLY IN BANGALORE- A SURVEY

Self-medication defined as the exploit of a item for consumption without proper therapeutic supervision and no prescription in order to indulgence a disease to promote health. Self-medication usage has been triggered by few criteria like economic, political, cultural factors and the practice is becoming a foremost health problem among public worldwide. The Main motto of the study was based on the Impact of clinical pharmacist to identify risk factors of self-medication practices among elderly. It is a community based, Prospective, cross-section and observational study. The purpose of our research was to examine risk factors of self-medication practices amongst elderly people. Various studies revealed that self-medication practices is common throughout the world. Prevalence of self-medication is 84.21% practices are also high in this study was comparable prevalence has been reported in studies conducted among Nepal 81.9%, South western Nigeria 91.4%. In the present study self-medication practices among elderly is about 10%…