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Self Medication

Known as: Medication, Self, medication self, Self Medications 
The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician.
National Institutes of Health

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Drug PrescriptionsDrug abuserDrug usageDrugs, Non-Prescription

Broader (3)

PharmacotherapySelf Care outcomeSelf-care interventions

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Tobacco use in schizophrenia: a study of cotinine concentrations in the saliva of patients and controls
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Progress in patient counselling practices in Finnish community pharmacies
Objective The aim of this study was to assess progress in patient counselling practices in Finnish community pharmacies during a… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Lifestyle drugs: pharmacology and the social agenda.
Review
2000
Review
2000
Studies on common illnesses and medical care utilization patterns of adolescents in Hong Kong.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Characteristics of benzodiazepine abuse in methadone maintenance treatment patients: a 1 year prospective study in an Israeli clinic.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Over-the-counter availability of antimicrobial agents, self-medication and patterns of resistance in Karachi, Pakistan.
To determine whether the free availability of antimicrobial agents leads to misuse through self-medication, a house-to-house semi… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Over the Counter Drugs: The interface between self medication and the NHS
Cost and convenience seem to be major factors in determining whether, given the choice, patients purchase a medicine over the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Patient package insert readability and design.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Gender effects and alcohol use in panic disorder with agoraphobia.
Review
1981
Review
1981
Self-care responses to illness: a selected review.
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