PMID: 3751334Jan 1, 1986Paper

Self medication with drugs in everyday complaints

Sozial- Und Präventivmedizin
R Hornung

Abstract

The occurrence of incidents of illness and their surmounting by the medical layman are an integral part of everyday life. Amount and importance of self-medication depend greatly on the actual health disturbance. Self-medication is above all employed against headache and minor ailments. With small restrictions of everyday activities, as was observed for headache, the concerned persons show already little symptom tolerance. About 4 persons out of 10 assume a treatment strategy using drugs.

References

Sep 1, 1973·Social Science & Medicine·I K Zola
Mar 9, 1984·Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift·J DichgansM Kluck

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