Self-medication

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Good day great steemians with creative minds. Hope we are all doing well. I am glad to participate in this contest and thanks to the community team who initiated this contest. Please follow as I will be writing on the topic; self-medication

Before I delve into the topic, let’s look at what medication is; Medication is any form of drugs or substances that are used to treat, diagnose, prevent or cure a certain disease or help to ease symptoms. Drug is a chemical substance when taken into the mouth is absorbed into the blood stream to perform a particular function in the body, but when it is misused it can cause complications or damage to the body.
Drugs are rightly prescribed by a physician but many of us prefer drug over-the counter (self-medication) that is drugs we can afford or get at our own conveniences without consulting our health provider.

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Self-medication is not safe because it can be detrimental to one’s health in the sense that it allows mistreatment of an illness, it can also lead to drug addiction.

Aspirin is the kind of self-medication I do practice. Aspirin have been my routine drug consumption any time I feel pain and feverish because I believe it could ease my ailment. Sometimes after taken the drug I do experience serious stomach pain consistently that never goes away. The pain was unbearable that I had to visit the hospital; I was attended to and treated. Later I got to know that aspirin was the cause of my pain.

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Disadvantages of self-medication

• It can cause drug interaction whereby there is an interaction between other drugs that prevent the drug from not performing as expected.
• It causes drug dependence in which the body has adapted to that particular drug when use consistently.
• It worsens the condition of an illness if it is not the right drug.

I'll like to invite @akofem @vickyson @kuzboy to participate in this

Thanks for reading!
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