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Analysis of the self-medication pattern among Brazilian users of the public health system

2014-12-18

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Self-medication is a common practice not only in Brazil but also in other countries. It consists of "the selection and use of drugs by people to treat self-diagnosed diseases or symptoms and must be understood as an element of self-care". Included in this prescription generic name (or orientation) of drugs by non-qualified people, as friends, family or the pharmacy clerks, these cases are also called "illegal medi...

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10.7287/peerj.preprints.714v1
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