Table 4. Referred undesirable effects of antibiotics and participants’ management

Variables Frequency Percentage
Behaviors when symptoms do not improve after using antibiotics
 Use other more expensive antibiotics 206 55.7
 Go to medical doctors 104 28.1
 Increase the dose 52 14.1
 Change to traditional medicine 8 2.2
Reported undesirable effects
 Allergies 198 53.5
 None 134 36.2
 Diahrrea 92 24.9
 Nausea/Vomit 27 7.3
 Headache 20 5.4
 Stomachache 20 5.4
 Dizziness 0 0
Managements in cases of undesirable effects
 Go to medical doctors 178 48.1
 Stop the antibiotics 100 27.0
 Keep using the current antibiotics 65 17.6
 Buy another antibiotics instead 50 13.5