Self-Medication Practices among Community of Harar City and Its Surroundings, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Participants’ ways of request for self-medication in Harar city and its surroundings from March to April, 2017(n=370).

Variables	Responses	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Self-medication request
	By telling professionals the symptom of illness	159	43
	By telling professionals the name of the drug	183	49.5
	By showing an old sample/package of the drugs	16	4.3
	By describing the physical characteristics of the drugs	12	3.2
Participants expectation from pharmacy professionals
	To counsel them about drug side effects and how to avoid it	115	31.1
	To help them in selecting drugs	112	30.3
	To counsel them about diseases	76	20.5
	To monitor their health’s progress to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs	35	9.5
	To label their drugs for self-medication	32	8.6