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This cross-sectional study was designed according to the methodology of Eurobarometer survey on antimicrobial resistance, created by the European Commission. The standardized questionnaire was conducted in Podgorica, in October\u2013November 2022. A total of 532 participants completed the questionnaire. More than a half of responders (60.9%) have received antibiotics within the last 12\u2009months and among them 33.4% was missing a medical prescription, nor the antibiotic was administered by a medical practitioner. The rest of the responders mostly had some antibiotics left over from a previous course (13.0%), had taken it from a pharmacy (11.4%), or elsewhere without a prescription. The most frequent reasons for antimicrobial therapy were \u201ccold\u201d (22.5%), \u201csore throat\u201d (21.0%), \u201ccough\u201d (19.4%), and \u201cCOVID-19\u201d (coronavirus disease 2019) (17.9%). 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