 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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Medication" by people in Profiles.
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Keyes LE, Mather L, Duke C, Regmi N, Phelan B, Pant S, Starling J, McElwee M, Cole D, McConnell T, Paudel P, Sallade TD, Sheets A, Twillman D, Young DS, Basnyat B. Older age, chronic medical conditions and polypharmacy in Himalayan trekkers in Nepal: an epidemiologic survey and case series. J Travel Med. 2016 Jun; 23(6).
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Saddoris MP, Wang X, Sugam JA, Carelli RM. Cocaine Self-Administration Experience Induces Pathological Phasic Accumbens Dopamine Signals and Abnormal Incentive Behaviors in Drug-Abstinent Rats. J Neurosci. 2016 Jan 06; 36(1):235-50.
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Wu JR, DeWalt DA, Baker DW, Schillinger D, Ruo B, Bibbins-Domingo K, Macabasco-O'Connell A, Holmes GM, Broucksou KA, Erman B, Hawk V, Cene CW, Jones CD, Pignone M. A single-item self-report medication adherence question predicts hospitalisation and death in patients with heart failure. J Clin Nurs. 2014 Sep; 23(17-18):2554-64.
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Miech RA, London AS, Wilmoth JM, Koester S. The effects of the military's antidrug policies over the life course: the case of past-year hallucinogen use. Subst Use Misuse. 2013 Jul; 48(10):837-53.
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Horton S, Stewart A. Reasons for self-medication and perceptions of risk among Mexican migrant farm workers. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Aug; 14(4):664-72.
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Gonzales R, L?pez-Caudana AE, Gonz?lez-Flores T, Jayanthan J, Corbett KK, Reyes-Morales H. Antibiotic knowledge and self-care for acute respiratory tract infections in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex. 2012 Mar-Apr; 54(2):152-7.
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Monte AA, Mandell T, Wilford BB, Tennyson J, Boyer EW. Diversion of buprenorphine/naloxone coformulated tablets in a region with high prescribing prevalence. J Addict Dis. 2009 Jul; 28(3):226-31.
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Fuentes Albarr?n K, Villa Zapata L. Analysis and quantification of self-medication patterns of customers in community pharmacies in southern Chile. Pharm World Sci. 2008 Dec; 30(6):863-8.
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Barqawi A, Gamito E, O'Donnell C, Crawford ED. Herbal and vitamin supplement use in a prostate cancer screening population. Urology. 2004 Feb; 63(2):288-92.
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Koester S, Anderson K, Hoffer L. Active heroin injectors' perceptions and use of methadone maintenance treatment: cynical performance or self-prescribed risk reduction? Subst Use Misuse. 1999 Dec; 34(14):2135-53.
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