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About Us |
| Self-cure is the use of drugs, sometimes illicit,
to treat a perceived or real malady, often of a psychological
nature. Over-the-counter drugs are a form of self
cure. The buyer diagnoses their own illness and buys
a specific drug to treat it. The World Self-cure Industry
(WSCI) define self-cure as the treatment of common
health problems with medicines especially designed
and labeled for use without medical supervision and
approved as safe and effective for such use. A person
may also self-medicate by taking more or less than
the recommended dose of a drug. Some mental illness
sufferers attempt to correct their illnesses by use
of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, or other mind-altering
drugs. While this may provide immediate relief of
some symptoms such as anxiety, it may evoke and/or
exacerbate some symptoms of several kinds of mental
illnesses that are already latently present, and may
lead to addiction/dependence, among other side effects
of long-term use of the drug. |
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