Antibiotics, also known as antimicrobials are a group of drugs that kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms which often are responsible for causing a number of diseases in humans and other animals. Therefore, antibiotics are used to treat diseases caused by these microorganisms which may be bac...

Self-medication is human behaviour in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for the physical and psychological ailment (disease). Self-medication is a very common practice in our society today and the most widely self-medicated substances are ov...