 Self Medication
"Self Medication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician.
| Descriptor ID |
D012651
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.900 E02.900.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Self Medication- Self Medication
- Medication, Self
- Medications, Self
- Self Medications
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Self Medication" by people in this website by year, and whether "Self Medication" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Medication" by people in Profiles.
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Wilder JR, Wegener DT, David MZ, Macal C, Daum R, Lauderdale DS. A national survey of skin infections, care behaviors and MRSA knowledge in the United States. PLoS One. 2014; 9(8):e104277.
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Lal S, Prasad N, Ryan M, Tangri S, Silverberg MS, Gordon A, Steinhart H. Cannabis use amongst patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011 Oct; 23(10):891-6.
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Burda AT, Ipema HJ, Wahl MS. Self-treatment of acetaminophen overdose with dietary-supplement acetylcysteine. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011 May 01; 68(9):786-7.
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Myers L, Farmer JM, Wilson RB, Friedman L, Tsou A, Perlman SL, Subramony SH, Gomez CM, Ashizawa T, Wilmot GR, Mathews KD, Balcer LJ, Lynch DR. Antioxidant use in Friedreich ataxia. J Neurol Sci. 2008 Apr 15; 267(1-2):174-6.
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Steffen KJ, Mitchell JE, Roerig JL, Lancaster KL. The eating disorders medicine cabinet revisited: a clinician's guide to ipecac and laxatives. Int J Eat Disord. 2007 May; 40(4):360-8.
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Zun LS, Gossman W, Lilienstein D, Downey L. Patients' self-treatment with alternative treatment before presenting to the ED. Am J Emerg Med. 2002 Sep; 20(5):473-5.
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