• School of Pharmacy, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian, Liaoning 116600, P. R. China;
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Objective To investigate the recognition of cold in pharmacy college students. Methods Investigation on the recognition of cold, treatment and anti-cold drugs were carried out by questionnaires among 158 pharmacy college students from March to July, 2013. Results The annual cold frequency was mainly between once and twice in these students. The cold therapy cost in a year was between 10 and 50 Yuan, and the treatment cycle of cold was mainly between 3 and 7 days. The students were familiar with the inducement and symptoms of cold, but they didn't get adequate message of non-chemoprophylaxis methods on cold. The students knew anti-cold drugs mainly by pharmacist in drugstores, doctors and advertisements. Traditional Chinese Medicine decoction and Chinese and Western medicine mixture were their favorite drug types, and capsule, tablet and oral solution were their favorite dosage forms. Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen college students' ability to recognize and treat cold correctly by comprehensive measures.

Citation: TAOXiao-jun, XUZhi-li, YANGJing-xian, YANYu-hui, LIHong-yan. A Survey of Perception about Cold in Pharmacy College Students. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(10): 1905-1907. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140574 Copy

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