factors contribute to irrational use of medicines

• Lack of skills and knowledge.

• Inappropriate unethical promotion of drugs

• Profit from selling medicines.

• Unrestricted availability of medicines.

• Overworked of health workers.

• Un affordable medicines.

• Lack of coordinated national pharmaceutical policy.

• Unreliable supplies.

• Shortage of medicines (out of stock)

• Short expiry medicines.

• Poor communication skills.

• Inadequate supervision

• Misleading beliefs.

• Irrational self medication

•  Inability to communicate problems