Abstract

Self-medication is the use of nonprescription medicines by people through using their own initiative 1. It has also been defined as obtaining and consuming medication without professional supervision, which comprises of acquiring medicines without a prescription, purchasing drugs by resubmitting/ reutilizing an old prescription, taking medicines on advice of relative or others, or consuming left-over medicines already available at home. The present study described the state of self medication among university students of Islamabad, Pakistan.