self medication means to take medicines without a doctor’s prescription, dangers of self medication is numerous, and are briefly explained in this post.

When we feel a little pain, fever, headache, or any minor restlessness then we use medicines especially tablets or syrups commonly.
However, there are certain reasons for self-medication, most of people who are living far away from the hospital, doctor or medical center tends to self medicated them selves since they are out of reach of health centers, that is why it is crucially important for governments to provide health facilities in different places.

people take self-medication often or occasionally, the patients hesitate to pay the fees to doctor then they take self-medication.
When they feel relief after taking self-medication, then they consult the doctors.
most of the drugs being abused today include painkillers, antibiotics (most dangerous),antipyrectic drugs, etc

Dangers of self medication


self-medication is very dangerous which cannot let you to survive through the illness, this shows that dangers of self medication is greater than the positive aspect

Moreover, it becomes very difficult for them to diagnose the self-medication patients since the drug they take have both negative and positive effects on the body, making the major disease or health problem unable to be diagnosed.

When someone takes self-medication, usually takes more or less medicines than the recommended dosage, it causes a lot of health disorders that ranges from reactions, seizures or liver problems, because of the intoxication reaction of the liver.

In certain cases they take drugs with toxic substances which is very harsh. Self-medication has harmful effects on health

Today there is a list of drugs which can not to be offered to the patients without medical prescription.

Furthermore, self-medication is boosting rapidly. It is incumbent and important to inform the people about the harmful consequences of self-medication so they know the consequences of their action.

some antibiotics when taken out of prescriptions, its either taken in low dosage, making the bacteria infections to become immune to the antibiotic, this makes the bacteria infection hard to be cleared even after proper diagnosis because the patient has made the bacteria strong enough to withstand the effects of the antibiotics

Many people take paracetamol more often to cool of their headache, not knowing that headache is not a sickness, that its a symptom of an underlying sickness, which will go when the main sickness in the body is treated, taking paracetamol will not stop it.

Both doctors and government can play a very positive role in eradicating self-medication, and government should update the list of drugs which should not be given without any medical prescription which will help us to prevent self-medication.

source: http://generalhealthinfo.com/2018/01/08/effects-dangers-self-medication-know/

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Almost all the Hausa aboki's self medicate, from codeine to tramadol, lizard poo, and rofnol.

I pray they can abide o o

Hmm

most antibiotics and even antimalarials have turned useless due to rampant abuse/ incomplete dosage.
dereby leading to constant illnesses and den more abuses... a fatal vicious cycle dat cud harm vital organs

Does it pertains to Agbo jedi jedi and Dogoyaro?

All what I care is Buhari 2019 Insha Allah

Noted

Today, my ex girlfriend sent me a video of herself and her boyfriend having sex so dat it can hurt me....
I immediately forwarded the video to her father....
Av been relaxing since den.....

Majority of people self medicate including the OP. Why?


Because there no working health sector in the country. In fact many of us know more drugs than some pharmacists. We even go as far as prescribing drugs for others without seeing the inside walls of a medical school.


That's why some people will be treating an undetected brain tumor with Panadol Extra for years. When they finally die, we'll be shouting 'village people' up and down.

does self medication include the prayers, waters and oil that pastors give to people against doctor's prescription? is self medication not better than the acids that pastors and imams bathe people with and the give them to drink? what you should be talking about is the fake drugs that are sold in the market not the way people take it. in many countries you find it difficult to lay your hands on harmful drugs. shiitholes they must find how to blame other people for their own failings.

Something must kill a man OP

Self-medication is cheaper and deadly.

jose4shizzle:
FTC.

U say?

What I don't understand is why healthcare practitioners classify going to a qualified pharmacist for prescription as self medication. So I have cough and cattarh now I should go to the hospital and get charged additional bill as consultation? Nehi

jose4shizzle:
FTC.

Sorry o Try again next time

Good info

Nigerians have been surviving through self medication for millions of years. Do we have suitable health care system? the answer is a big NO... we have been surviving on self medication and prayers

Nonsense! I have been treating myself for the past 25years. No one will tell you to go to the hospital if it’s very serious

Thank God is only codeine I administer

Well, nice advice OP! But eh, as a typical Nigerian who was born into a lower class Naija family, we've been surviving on self medication since time immemorial.

Even God understands!

Shebi is money I will use to see a professional? What if the money no come de?

bettercreature:
Nonsense! I have been treating myself for the past 25years No one will tell you to go to the hospital if it’s very serious

Add 15 to it ..to guess when I have been on self medication ..no Doctor in our village and man must live & not die..God knows how he heals us jare

People no go hear

I hope they listen......

presentley:
What I don't understand is why healthcare practitioners classify going to a qualified pharmacist for prescription as self medication. So I have cough and cattarh now I should go to the hospital and get charged additional bill as consultation? Nehi

That's because the person you called qualified may not run a test on you to know exactly what is wrong with you, cough and cattarrh are symptoms of disease not until they know what causes that cough and cattarrh any drug you use without being medically tested is self meditation

bettercreature:
Nonsense! I have been treating myself for the past 25years. No one will tell you to go to the hospital if it’s very serious

What you don't get there is that it won't come in a day, it accumulates gradually unnoticed

shamecurls:
Thank God is only codeine I administer

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Very funny! Mr Pharmacist lol

When you self medicate, it leads to drug resistance as the require dose is not always taken.
When the problem is not solved and you go to hospital, the cost of treatment will be higher because it will need the dose above the normal. These still self medicating themselves need to read more about
Subtherapeutic
Therapeutic
Supratherapeutic dose of drug.
Op, Collect market favour.

i self medicate because most of these hospitals give you cheap drugs because of they want to make profit

presentley:
What I don't understand is why healthcare practitioners classify going to a qualified pharmacist for prescription as self medication. So I have cough and cattarh now I should go to the hospital and get charged additional bill as consultation? Nehi

Going to a Pharmacist for your cold and catarrh is not self medication. Pharmacists are trained enough to handle such ailments and make referrals to a physician if need be. The issue is, do you go to pharmacy to get the drugs or to a patent medicine store Again, when you go to a pharmacy, do you insist on seeing a pharmacist If you get your drugs from pharmacists in pharmacies, you would get expert prescriptions and counseling better than what you get when you go to some clinics, and that cannot be described as self medication.

Always insist on seeing a pharmacist when you go to buy drugs.

nifesi01:


That's because the person you called qualified may not run a test on you to know exactly what is wrong with you, cough and cattarrh are symptoms of disease not until they know what causes that cough and cattarrh any drug you use with being medically tested is self meditation

Not even they may not, they won't. So do you self medicate or not? Do you go visiting your physician each time you have a mild headache(not recurring headache)?

kolawoleibukun1:
does self medication include the prayers, waters and oil that pastors give to people against doctor's prescription? is self medication not better than the acids that pastors and imams bathe people with and the give them to drink? what you should be talking about is the fake drugs that are sold in the market not the way people take it. in many countries you find it difficult to lay your hands on harmful drugs. shiitholes they must find how to blame other people for their own failings.

Self medication has to do with all forms of medication, whether harmful or harmless. Every drug can become harmful when taken inappropriately, even the said harmless drugs. An example is someone that has Peptic Ulcer disease who goes ahead to take Ibuprofen/Aspirin/Diclofenac for body pains and then starts passing out blood through the anus. The above drugs are over the counter medications but when taken inappropriately or by the wrong person, they can cause serious damage.