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Self medication refers to the use of medicines without consulting a physician. Self medication may be harmful, rather dangerous. It must be avoided.

(i) We may not know the real cause of the disease we suffer from, right medication for it.

(ii) May aggregate the problem.

(iii) May interfere with other medicines.

(iv) May cause side effects which may be worse than the disease.


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