Self-Medicating for Pain: A Public Health Perspective

Conclusions: Pain and self-medication must be addressed, including in medical practice, starting from their multidimensionality from the following perspectives: medicobiological, sociocultural, instructive-educational, legal-political, and especially ethical. They are not only individual health problems but also become, when connected with a stigma, a public health problem.
Source: American Journal of Therapeutics - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Systematic Review and Clinical Guidelines Source Type: research