THE LEVEL of KNOWLEDGE of COMMUNITY OF PERUM CENGKONG, KARAWANG ABOUT THE USE OF FREE DRUGS and LIMITED FREE DRUGS for SWAMEDICATION

Abstract

Knowledge of the correct medicine can certainly be said to be something important. With the right knowledge, people will be able to get the maximum benefit from the drug and can minimize all unwanted things that can occur due to the use of a drug.  This study used purposive sampling and simple random sampling methods on certain variables. Data collection methods in this study include interviews and observations to obtain information about community knowledge. This study only aims to describe the object studied aims to determine the level of knowledge of the use of over-the-counter drugs and limited over-the-counter drugs in the public about knowledge of the use of over-the-counter drugs and limited over-the-counter drugs with the kiuisioner method found with good category results as many as 41 respondents (19%), for the sufficient category as many as 86 respondents (40%) and for the less category as many as 88 respondents (41%). This shows some correspondents who do not know about recognizing the signs of drug classes, how to get drugs, drug doses, drug indications, how to store drugs Keyword – Knowledgel, Self-medication, Store drugs, Limited over-the-counter medicine