Self medication. 3 paragraphs
SELF-MEDICATION Self medication, a very common practice that can be more harmful then it is useful. It is the selection and use of medicines by individuals to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions or symptoms. Although it can be beneficial as it increases the access to medication and relief for the patient ,it ensures active role of the patient in his or her own health care with better use of physician or pharmacist skills and reduced health expenditure linked to the treatment of minor health conditions. However,self-medication is far from being a completely safe practice, in particular it is the case of non-responsible self-medication. Medicine is prescribed to cure or fight infections, prevent such severe infections and to save ourselves,from fever and diseases. Physicians or doctors have undergone a long period of study and training to treat people with such infections after proper diagnosis and conversation with the patient but what if we prac...