Beware next time you pop in a pill

Most of us have a practice of popping up a pill or other kinds of tablets, to gain immediate relief from aches, acidity or ailments. But experts warm that “self-medication” may end up harming a person’s health seriously.

But there are some people, who diligently seek the physician’s help before buying or consuming medicines. But there are some others, who take the dosage on their own if the problem does not lessen. Doctors even claim that in such cases, the side effects could be more and such irrational medication may take peril on health. It is a common notion among the people that increase in dosage will alleviate the pain, which is not true.

Some times the trick might have worked, but beware, that this doesn’t workalways. In most of the self post medication cases, it has been seen that patients queue up to physician’s clinic, complaining about the drug reaction.
In adverse cases, and conditions the over dosage has led to serious ailments. For example, it is quite natural to see people consuming pills or antacid incessantly on account of any kind pain or burning sensation in the stomach. But sometimes, the reason for pain or inflammation could be something else. It could be due to an ulcer or pain in the food tract.

Irrelevant popping pills may result in rashes, ulcers, blisters, giddiness and sometimes the overall system failure. There are some other group also who refuse to continue the full course of medicine, these people usually stop after one or two days of prescribed medication, after the pain or problem alleviates. Later what happens is the situation aggravates and then these people again rush with over dosage for immediate relief. This further complicates the matter.

In most of the stores, the medicines are sold without prescriptions or without checking the validity of prescriptions. Patients also use the old prescriptions to buy medicines later. Patients do not know that even over the counter drugs are lethal, if consumed in higher quantities. High doses of sleeping pills and sedatives, can lead to depression and also the suppression, of breathing mechanism of the body.

The final word is, not to neglect any small condition or problem at beginning stage. It is always better to seek a physician’s help before taking up any medication. Avoid self medication.