Awareness about the safe use of medication among parents of children with autism

The aim of this study was to describe parental awareness towards the safe use of medications to their children with autism. Method: Cross-sectional study was conducted on April 2016, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia one hundred parents out of two hundred (Response rate of 50%) were answered validated survey questionnaire assessing their awareness about the safe use of medication to their children with autism. Results: this study indicate that around 49% knew that the medication dose can change by using different dosing devices, around 64% believed that self-dose increment above the recommended dose will not give better results, and 54% agreed that same medicine could be available in different forms. Conclusion: The hard mission to raise a child with autism become harder if the child on medication. Child condition can improve if the medication used appropriately and safety measures were considered as a priority, on the other hand, the wrong administration of medicine can lead to harmful consequences, this study showed that parents has fair knowledge about safety measures in using medication for children with autism.