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app-260	Shaikh, Salman; Saleem, Yusra; Noushad, Shamoon; Ahmed, Sadaf	Pain, Self-Medication and Administration of Over-The-Counter Analgesics: An Observational Study	2017	6	.pdf	application/pdf	1950	102	52	Surveys show that OTC medications are seen by many people as being as effective as prescription medications (World self-medication industry.2006), the reasons for using self-medication are poorly understood (El Nimr et al., 2015). The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of self-medication with drugs and complementary/alternative medicines among people of Karachi, Pakistan; to describe the patterns of medication use; and to identify reasons for self-medication (El Nimr et al., 2015).	cache/app-260.pdf	txt/app-260.txt