569
en
1
Self-medication y sus causas

Drug dependence

Self-medication

Self-medication without medical or pharmaceutical supervision has health risks:

  • There may be side effects, adverse reactions and poisoning cases.
  • Using the drug in cases that are not suitable can cause it to lose its effect. For example, you can take antibiotics to treat viral processes, versus those that are not effective.
  • Dependence or addiction.
  • Hide severe clinical processes, thereby delaying diagnosis and treatment possible.
  • Interactions with other drugs the person is taking or foods he is eating. There may be an increase or decrease the drug’s effect.
  • Resistance to antibiotics. The overuse of antibiotics causes microorganisms to develop defence mechanisms against these drugs and thus they are no longer effective. Antibiotics must never be taken without the supervision of a physician.

Creation date: 17/09/2015 - Last modification date: 09/10/2015

require: 2.6941299438477E-5
session start: 0
configuring: 0.005324125289917
configuring meta: 0.0016591548919678
configuring content: 0.0016028881072998
configuring image: 0.00059103965759277
seo description: 4.1961669921875E-5
pre facebook: 2.0980834960938E-5
post facebook: 9.5367431640625E-7
header: 3.6954879760742E-5
left menu: 0.11311912536621
breadcrumb: 0.0016839504241943
content: 0.0013320446014404
title: 0.0012948513031006
pre footer: 2.1457672119141E-6
post footer: 0.00049400329589844
pre scripts: 9.5367431640625E-7
post scripts: 0
scripts: 1.9073486328125E-6
linkedIn