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Table 2 Course of treatment with antibiotics

From: Prevalence of self-medication with antibiotics and associated factors in the community of Asmara, Eritrea: a descriptive cross sectional survey

When do you stop taking the antibiotics?

Frequency

%

After a few days regardless of the outcome

11

2.3

After the symptoms disappeared

115

23.9

A few days after the recovery

30

6.2

After antibiotics run out

110

22.9

At the completion of the course of treatment

205

42.6

After consulting a medical personnel/ pharmacist

9

1.9

For one day

1

0.2