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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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