**5. Conclusions**

In Romania, we are still faced with a high incidence of self-medication, even within the pediatric population. The study highlighted the perceived risks of self-medication, as well as the beliefs and knowledge of this topic, and identified some determinants of parental predisposition to self-medication of their children. Implementing educational measures focused on parent communities is essential in our country.

**Supplementary Materials:** The following are available online at http://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/56/6/312/s1, Text S1: Questionare for self-medication among the pediatric population.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, P.T. and S.D.; methodology, A.M.A.S.; software, L.P.; validation, C.C.D., A.D. and N.B.; formal analysis, P.T.; investigation, A.M.A.S.; resources, L.P.; data curation, A.D. and S.D.; writing—original draft preparation, P.T.; writing—review and editing, P.T., C.C.D., A.M.A.S.; visualization, L.P. and A.D.; supervision, C.C.D.; project administration, L.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Acknowledgments:** We acknowledge the support of Edward F. Bell from University of Iowa, USA, for proofreading the article.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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