Do you use over the counter medicines or consult a doctor everytime?

It is just way too expensive to go and consult with a doctor every time that I need meds for the famiy. I would be stone broke. So I go to my pharmacist and get advice there and try the meds she suggests. This is a cheaper way of getting better than always going to see a doctor. I have had much success this way and I only consult with a doctor if the symptoms persist. I do however try and go the natural way of healing rather than using medicines.

Hi there. If our children are sick, we definetly take them to the doctor, no questions asked... But for ourselves depending on how we feel and how sick we think we are, then we may take a trip to the doctors or find a home remedy for it... Because now days, if you go to the doctor with a cough or thinking you may have the flu, they simply tell you to go home and rest, to take some panadol or paracetamol and thats it... They dont give medicines for this, therefore you get to waste $20 on being told to go home and rest... So we really make sure being going off to the local Doc...

Dear ebhattji, I am a diabetic patient. Of course I keep my sugar under control. I used to have EXECUTIVE CHECK UP EVERY YEAR DURING the month pf APRIL For the last 3 years they did not found anything abnormal. I am maintaining good health. I take medicines that is saridon or asprin once in a blue moon without consulting doctor otherwise in case I have any problem with my body, first I consult my family physician and will purchase medicines based on his prescription. I generally hate allopathy medicines. I used to try with home made medicines which I learned through books.

I rarely go to the Dr. I have to be really, really sick before I'll go to one. I usually take OTC (over the counter) medicines as needed. If I have a headache, I try not to take anything unless it is absolutely unbearable.