title: Self-medication in a developing country.
abstract: An interracial study on self-medication, including over-the-counter medication, as assessed by medications kept in the home, was carried out among a group of White, Indian and Black patients of differing sociocultural backgrounds. Whites had the most medications in their homes followed by urban Blacks, Indians and rural Blacks. The White section of the population appears to be as 'drug-dependent' as their counterparts elsewhere; the chain of events leading to this situation appears to be: sophistication + drug availability + social pressures = drug-dependence.
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D044383:Black People; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs; D012424:Rural Population; D012651:Self Medication; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs