self-medicate
In my view, self-medication for serious conditions is out of the question.
Strong opposition to self-medication did not develop until the twentieth century.
Many illegal immigrants rely on self-medication or home remedies.
Symptoms of the problem include self-medication with drugs or alcohol.
One of the few things almost all these mentally ill people have in common is drug addiction, often a form of self-medication.

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Examples of self-medication

self-medication
One that is dealt with by reassurance and self-medication rather than prescription only medicines.
The ethic of self-medication, for instance, interacted in complicated ways with literacy and education.
One of the most relevant political implications of their ethic was a time-honored right of self-medication.
Patients practicing self-medication could have a longer delay in seeking health care.
Delivering health information about self-medication to older adults: use of touchscreen-equipped notebook computers.
The doctrine of self-medication, centuries old but waning, was viable only in the presence of purchasable medications to which the consumer had relatively unimpeded access.
Mood and alcohol consumption : an experience sampling test of the self-medication hypothesis.
They found that medication reviews and self-medication programs may be beneficial.
Patients practicing self-medication usually have minor diseases and drugs available at home.
The reasons were good effect, insurance regulation, familiarity with the drugs, and preparation for self-medication.
Opiates are prime candidates for self-medication due to their generally calming and normalizing effects.
These include maternal self-medication, smoking and consumption of alcohol.
However, the most commonly used form of self-medication is alcohol.
This finding does not lend support to the self-medication hypothesis (though it cannot rule it out) for which one would expect increased depression following smoking cessation.
I believe it is important to bear in mind the special role of pharmacists and doctors in the area of self-medication.
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