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Self Medication
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MeSH Heading
Self Medication
Tree Number(s)
E02.319.900
E02.900.900
Unique ID
D012651
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012651
Annotation
differentiate from
SELF ADMINISTRATION
&
SELF CARE
(see note there)
Scope Note
The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician.
Public MeSH Note
68
History Note
68(65)
Date Established
1968/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1995/05/23
Allowable Qualifiers
adverse effects (AE)
classification (CL)
economics (EC)
ethics (ES)
history (HI)
instrumentation (IS)
methods (MT)
mortality (MO)
nursing (NU)
psychology (PX)
standards (ST)
statistics & numerical data (SN)
trends (TD)
veterinary (VE)
Therapeutics [E02]
Drug Therapy [E02.319]
Antineoplastic Protocols [E02.319.077]
Chelation Therapy [E02.319.155]
Chemoprevention [E02.319.162]
Chemoradiotherapy [E02.319.164]
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant [E02.319.170]
Consolidation Chemotherapy [E02.319.218]
COVID-19 Drug Treatment [E02.319.231]
Deprescriptions [E02.319.243]
Drug Administration Routes [E02.319.267]
Drug Administration Schedule [E02.319.283]
Drug Delivery Systems [E02.319.300]
Drug Dosage Calculations [E02.319.305]
Drug Prescriptions [E02.319.307]
Drug Tapering [E02.319.309]
Drug Therapy, Combination [E02.319.310]
Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted [E02.319.335]
Electrochemotherapy [E02.319.341]
Enema [E02.319.347]
Enzyme Therapy [E02.319.353]
Fluid Therapy [E02.319.360]
Home Infusion Therapy [E02.319.444]
Hormone Replacement Therapy [E02.319.452]
Inappropriate Prescribing [E02.319.490]
Induction Chemotherapy [E02.319.499]
Maintenance Chemotherapy [E02.319.509]
Medication Errors [E02.319.529]
Molecular Targeted Therapy [E02.319.574]
Nicotine Replacement Therapy [E02.319.597]
Opiate Substitution Treatment [E02.319.620]
Orthomolecular Therapy [E02.319.630]
Photochemotherapy [E02.319.685]
Pleurodesis [E02.319.694]
Polypharmacy [E02.319.698]
Premedication [E02.319.703]
Sclerotherapy [E02.319.805]
Self Administration [E02.319.890]
Self Medication [E02.319.900]
Thrombolytic Therapy [E02.319.913]
Therapeutics [E02]
Self Care [E02.900]
Self Administration [E02.900.890]
Self Medication [E02.900.900]
Self-Testing [E02.900.950]
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Self Medication
Preferred
Concept UI
M0019616
Scope Note
The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician.
Terms
Self Medication
Preferred Term
Term UI
T037444
Date
01/01/1999
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (1965)
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