FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
Self-care is a set of activities undertaken by citizens, families, or communities with the intention of improving their health and well-being in general, preventing or reducing the likelihood of a disease, and helping them recover and rehabilitate after a disease or surgery.
Self-medication is part of self-care and it is the responsible choice and use of over-the-counter medicines in order to treat mild diseases or mild symptoms, which have been empirically diagnosed by the patients themselves, without the intervention of a physician but at a pharmacist’s advice.
Over-the-counter medicines are those that do not require a Medical Prescription.
- They meet the needs of self-medication.
- They are developed by the pharmaceutical industry.
- They are approved by national agencies for medicines.
- They meet two essential criteria: effectiveness and safety.
The advisory role of pharmacists is necessary in informing the citizen about their condition and the administration of over-the-counter medicines without a doctor’s opinion and medical prescription.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), World Self-Medication Industry (WSMI)
- Medicines for cough and cold.
- Analgesics (pain-killers) and products for the treatment of pain and fever.
- Medicines for the gastrointestinal system and conditions such as diarrhea and constipation.
- Vitamins and nutritional supplements.
- Medicines for skin care and skin conditions.
- Medicines for eye care.
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