self medication

Preferred Label : self medication;

MeSH definition : The self administration of medication not prescribed by a physician or in a manner not directed by a physician.;

MeSH synonym : medication, self; self medications; medications, self;

DeCS synonym : Drug Use Habits;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Self-medication;

MeSH annotation : differentiate from SELF ADMINISTRATION & SELF CARE (see note there);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-medication;

Details

Origin ID

D012651;

UMLS CUI

C0036600;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Medical (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Medical problem [LOINC component]
- Medical problems at work (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Medication [NCIt concept]
- Medication [LOINC component]
- Medication [ICNP mean]
- Medication given (situation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Medication name [LOINC component]
- Medications [LOINC component]
- Medications section [LOINC component]
- Self medication [HPMULTI term]
- Self-medication [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- medical [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- medical [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- medical [SNOMED Notion]
- medication [Radlex concept]
- medication [PSIP Taxonomy Term]
- understanding medical research [MedlinePlus Topic]
Ne pas confondre avec
- self administration [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- self medication [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- nonprescription drugs [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Medication given (situation) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Individual Behavior [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Self-medication [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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