Self medication is the use of medicine to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms. These are medications that can be taken without ...
Self medication is the use of medicine to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms. These are medications that can be taken without medical supervision.
Self-medication drugs are usually called "OTC" ( over-the-counter). Doctors prescription are not required and they are found in convenient stores or supermarkets and pharmacies.
Medicines requiring a doctor's prescription are called prescription drugs, some medicines cannot be sold without the pharmacist seeing the doctor's prescription.
People, everyday, everywhere reach for self-care product to help them through their health problems. This is being done because this may help them manage their present distress or discomfort, it may be more cost effective or they may feel their situation is not so serious to warrant visiting a doctor.
Aches, pains, cough and cold are just part of our daily life because we leave our comfort zones, we tend to work, the weather too has it reactions on us, so it might not be necessary rushing down to the hospital each time you have sniffles. An important note is how or when you decide when a medical attention is necessary...
Self Medications Benefits
Being your own doctor is really not an option but it isn't feasible to depend on someone for every health problem. Before self-medication can be done, you simply need to be well informed and to know how to discern between an illness that needs a medical attention and a health condition that can be treated at home.
Health is wealth, self medication is not necessarily an act to be frowned upon,but it requires a high sense of responsibility .
However, self medication is often seen as gaining personal independence from established medicines and it is beneficial as it gives you a greater role in your own health care and it can also be seen as the human right to refuse professional medical treatment. Self-medication offers a stupendous benefit only when faces with non-threatening infections like the common cold or aches.
COMMENTS