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Self-medication, sometime called do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for physical or psychological conditions, for example headaches or fatigue.
Self-administration is, in its medical sense, the process of a subject administering a pharmacological substance to themself. A clinical example of this is the subcutaneous "self-injection" of insulin by a diabetic patient. In animal experimentation, self-administration is a form of operant conditioning where the reward is a drug. This drug can ...
Examples of substance based medical devices include products for gastrointestinal relief like medicinal clay or simeticone-based products, as well as unmedicated nasal sprays, certain eye drops, dermal formulations, oral cough treatments, and other products for self-medication that often are available without a prescription.
Health issues are basically never pleasant, since many symptoms are shared and it can be pretty hard to understand (or obtain!) solid test results without the help of a doctor. This is, after all ...
Self-medication, sometime called do-it-yourself (DIY) medicine, is a human behavior in which an individual uses a substance or any exogenous influence to self-administer treatment for physical or psychological conditions, for example headaches or fatigue.
In the 1970s, addicts self-treated with illicit methadone because of the severe restrictions on the medication and limited access to clinics. While any illegal trade in a medication should be a concern, there is scant evidence that Suboxone is being used as a gateway to drug use in the U.S. Addicts say taking the medication just helps them feel ...
How to get rid of chest congestion using medication. If taking the natural route didn’t clear your chest congestion, there are some over-the-counter solutions that may do the trick.
A cat eating grass – an example of zoopharmacognosy. Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals.