IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (RJPST )

E-ISSN 2579-0536
P-ISSN 2695-2696
VOL. 5 NO. 1 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.v5.no1.2022.pg47.56

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A Survey of the Implications of the Uses of Medicated Creams on Overall Human Health, Students of FCE Okene as Case Study

Oricha Kokori Audu & Akin Olu Abegunde

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Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to carry out a survey of the implications of the uses of medicated creams on overall human health among students of FCE, Okene, Kogi State, Nigeria. Four research questions were formulated to guide the study and survey research design was used for the study with sampled population of 136 respondents, using questionnaire as an instrument for data collection. The data was analyzed using percentage and mean. The study found out that the use of medicated creams had positive and negative implications on the overall human health. It is therefore concluded that the use of medicated creams with the prescription of a dermatologist improves the skin, psychological and physical health of humans. Recommendations were made one of which is before using medicated creams, one should visit a dermatologist so as to get the prescription best to ameliorate the skin health condition.

keywords:

Medicated creams, Prescription, Implications, Skin health, Toxicity

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