Self-medication for Dental Conditions Clinical Trial
Official title:
Prevalence of Self-medication for Dental Conditions by Parents for Their Children
To evaluate prevalence of self-medication for dental conditions by parents for their
children.
Self-medications practices.
According to the World Health Organization, self-medication is the act of medicating oneself,
either on their own initiative or on the advice of a close person, to treat self-recognized
conditions or symptoms without supervision by a healthcare professional.
The growth and dissemination of self-medication practice represents a serious global public
health issue, with increased risks of adverse drug reactions, non-beneficial drug
interactions, drug abuse, and the emergence of drug-resistant pathogens.
Parents are the primary caregivers to whom children report their symptoms. But due to the
presence of economic and time constraints, some parents seek the practice of self-medication
for their children . However, children have a growing body reacting differently to the drugs
(need of dose adjustment, choice of the proper route of administration and the need of taking
in consideration the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics particularities of medicines) and
therefore the inappropriate and unguided use of medications may lead to fatal complications.
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