Table 2 Knowledge and awareness of participant about analgesics (n = 1554)
From: Awareness of analgesics complications in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study
Variables | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Most commonly used analgesic | Paracetamol or acetaminophen | 1202 | 77.3 |
Ibuprofen | 275 | 17.7 | |
Aspirin | 28 | 1.8 | |
Other analgesic | 49 | 3.2 | |
When do you use analgesics? | When needed | 1487 | 95.7 |
Regularly | 67 | 4.3 | |
If the pain did not subside, what do you do? | Ask physician, pharmacist | 1102 | 70.9 |
Increase dose | 133 | 8.5 | |
Use another analgesic | 319 | 20.5 | |
When you buy pain relief medication without a prescription, what is your source of information about it? | Pharmacist, physician | 1059 | 68.1 |
I have heard about it through television, radio, social media | 194 | 12.6 | |
Parents and friends | 301 | 19.3 | |
Do you think that increasing the analgesic dose has side effects? | Yes | 1102 | 70.9 |
No | 133 | 8.6 | |
I do not know | 319 | 20.5 | |