Table 2.

Associated reasons, illnesses, and common medications for the most recent self-medication.

Variable	Frequency (%)
Reason for self-medication
Shortage of money	52 (19.6)
Shortage of time	13 (4.9)
Do not like visiting and getting checked up	27 (10.2)
Mildness of illness	65 (24.5)
An already known disease	105 (39.6)
Other reasons	3 (1.1)
Sources of drugs for self-medication
Private pharmacies	218 (82.2)
Governmental pharmacies	24 (9.1)
Left-over medications from previous use	11 (4.2)
Friends/roommates	12 (4.4)
Conditions led to self-medication
Headache	113 (42.7)
Cough and common cold	56 (21.1)
Pain (epigastric, tooth, body)	57 (21.1)
Diarrhea	16 (6.1)
Dysmenorrhea	9 (3.4)
Other medical conditions∗	14 (5.3)
Categories of medications used
Analgesics	155 (58.5)
Antacids	10 (3.8)
Antispasmodics	24 (9.1)
Antibiotics	70 (26.5)
Others	6 (2.3)

^∗Others: dyspepsia (8), tonsillitis (3), and skin problems (2).