Taking pills on our own without consulting doctor keeping the previous prscptns.

Self medication is harmful. But for minor ailments like cold, headache, bodyache, slight fever etc, I don't consult a doctor. Small children should be taken to doctor for even minor ailments. But adults can have medicines commonly used for fever and pain killers too.

Yes, there are many of my friends who do the same.
I always call up my doc before taking any pill, i'm a lil allergic to some stuff.
I'll tell my friends not to take meds until prescribed, thank you for this!

Self medication is allowable only to a certain extent for common ailments.The problem is the common ailments normally have the same symptoms as the major ones and we normally end up wasting precious time in trying to cure ourselves rather than going to a doctor. The flip side of this is that one has to take an appointment from the doctor and it becomes very expensive to visit him for every cough and cold.Hence the self medication.

For fever and headache, I usually take the usual medicines that are available over the counter. For ailments that seem to be "abnormal" and serious, I don't rely on self-medication. I pay a visit to my doctor and have a physical checkup. I take whatever medicine he prescribes. If not, I have myself confined in a hospital for a thorough medical and/or laboratory checkup.

rorisricha that depends on the pills, I take a lot of medications but they are prescribed by my doctor and taken with his knowledge as I have high blood pressure and diabetes, and a pill for pain for my arthritis. but for head aches I just take tylenol and for indigestion I take tums. so no I do not call my doctor for those minor ailments. he already told me to take those for headaches and for upset tummies.for another thing doctors have to authorize medications so you cannot take them unless you need them and have the doctors authorization.