assesment of knowledge, attitude and practice about self medication among adults in urban population

The objective of the study is an assessment of knowledge , Attitude and practice about self medication among adult in urban population.This is a prospective observational study conducted in local community pharmacy stores in Nellore for 6 months duration July 2024 to December 2025. Our study includes a total of 221 patients receiving self medication using their own knowledge and pharmacist advice and finding percentages based on gender, age, qualification,occupation wise, socio economic status, personal reasons and analyzing individual decision on medication for diseases by Modified kuppu swamy scale and Specially designed patient data collection form .Our results shows the proportion of educated people who are using the self-medication is more as compared to that of uneducated people. Common reasons for using self-medication are assuming less severity, Knowledge on medication and Doctor fee. This study shows the greater number of people have taken self medication for minor ailments like headache and body pains. Our results shows majority of unemployed people have taken self medication compared with employed people. The majority of the participants who self-medicated belonged to the middle class socioeconomic class followed by upper-middle class.. Educating the public on how to self-medicate is an important step that can be taken to reduce the chances of them misusing or abusing OTC medications. A patient solely dependent on themselves or blindly trusting their local pharmacists for the right remedy might end up with a bigger disease or problem than with what they started . so stopping this process need a standard and legalized controllance on people and pharmacists to avoid drugs resistance and adverse drug reactions.