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self-medicateverb [no object]1Administer medication to oneself without medical supervision.His condition remains stable and his symptoms are well controlled by anti-psychotic medication with which he self-medicates as prescribed....- Older and responsible students should be allowed to self-medicate at school with OTC products and certain prescription medications.
- Only 6 subjects sought professional help for their perceived sleep disorder and only 4 subjects elected to self-medicate.
1.1Drink or take drugs to relieve stress or other conditions.As a result, adolescence has became a painful experience and teenagers are self-medicating with drugs and drink to cope with the stress....- How many of them self-medicate with alcohol or drugs?
- This feature alone will be helpful to the many individuals with social phobia who use alcohol or drugs to self-medicate or who experience the paralysis of depression.
Derivatives self-medication /ˌsɛlfˌmɛdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ...- Perioperative nurses must be knowledgeable about the risk associated with self-medication with herbal remedies.
- These findings suggested that substance misuse probably played a significant role in the aetiology and self-medication of anxiety disorders and some cases of depression or psychosis.
- In conclusion, the hypothesized use of substances of abuse for self-medication of schizophrenic symptoms and medication side effects is not supported by our data.
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