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SELF-MEDICATION AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
INTRODUCTION
Self-medication is a type of conduct that involves taking medications as the patient's own initiative, on the advice of the pharmacist or health of any person.
DEFINITION
Self-medication is the act by which we medicate ourselves with no prescription, which some drugs
lead to dependence and therefore the
mass consumption of them.
SELF-MEDICATION AS AN
EXPLANATION FOR
ADDICTION
SELF-MEDICATION
AS AN EXPLANATION
FOR ADDICTION
exec is using for a long time
causes significant
damage
Hepatitis, cirrhosis,
depression, social and
family problems
seek to reduce
pain and anxiety
SELF MEDICATION
What drugs are abused
more?• Opioids• Central nervous
system depressant• Stimulants• Pain relieves• Antibiotics• laxatives
What are dangers of abusing drugs?
vomiting
Mood chang
e
deathComa
Reduction in the
cognitive
function
Decreasd
respiratory
function
OPIOIDS
convulsions
Slow the heart rate
and the respiration
death
CNS Depressants
Abuse of stimulants
Lead to heart feilure or seizures
Dangerously high body temperature
Irregular heart rhythm
The person to become agresive or
paranoid
The pain is only a symptom and abusing painkillers, masking the manifestation of the Agency with respect to any underlying disease
Abuse of pain relievers
Abuse of antibiotics
destroy not only the germs that you want to remove, but also the intestinal flora which can cause damage the immune system of the colon.
Abuse of laxatives
Prolonged use of laxatives leads to addiction and just hampers evacuation in a
natural way
Self- medication
CASE REPORT
Self-Medication of Migraine Headaches with Freebase Cocaine
CASE REPORT
1.
• Cocaine is a commonly abused drug with a high potential for adverse consequences, although the etiology of cocaine dependence is complex.
2.
• Additional support is provided by a number of case reports which describe patients who apparently used cocaine to self-medicate either affective disorders or attention deficit disorder.
INTRODUCTION
He started to smoke freebase cacaine, so he noticed immediate and complete relief lasting between five and fifteen minutes
He repeated this pattern for the next three headaches he had. Then, he began to use cocaine even when he did not have a headache.
Gradually, his use of cocaine escalated until he was consuming between 10 to 14 grams every two weeks at a cost of $1000.
The patient was a 29 year old man who began having headaches at age 23.
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HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
The treatment consisted of individual and group therapy that was supplemented by drug education.
An ergotamine preparation was prescribed for the headaches, and instructions were given for optimal use.
During the 28 days of inpatient treatment, the patient remained free of cocaine and experienced only one headache
Following the inpatient program, he was discharged to a half-way house for
recovering substance abusers.
TREATMENT
Two factors that
Initiated cocaine
use
Initially, however, when self-medication was his motive, he was able to terminate his cocaine use when the migraine symptoms subsided.
Perpetuated
addictive use.
Their relationship with the chemical eventually supersedes prior relationships with other people and activities. In this patient.
DISCUSSION
SELF- MEDICATI
ON
DRUG ABUSE
DISCUSSION
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