Drug Regulation in Self Medication

One of the important component of Human Development Index (HDI) is health index. Health is one of the most important aspects of human life. The health index is used to assess the condition of public health, the improvement of the health index will also have an impact on HDI. Self-medication is literally a treatment that is performed by a person him/herself in the absence of the need to expend much money and effort as well to visit a practitioner. In another words, an individual can purchase an Over the Counter medicine to treat their own disease. If it is done properly, self-medication can bring a huge advantage to the individual him/ herself as they can address their disease by applying the correct amount of dose and type of medicine. To conceive the behavior of the respondents, a direct interview method is used by interviewing several citizens. The interview result indicates that 97% people in West Java have performed self-medication. Drug regulation is a public policy that restricts private-sector activities to attain social goals set by the State.

Author(s): Trini Handayani and Dwidja Priyatno

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