Not all ailments deserve a medical consultation and it is often legitimate to want to save time by taking care of yourself. This is the very principle of self-medication. It consists of obtaining non-reimbursable drugs, without prescription, and recommended by the pharmacist to treat minor ailments such as colds, migraine or temporary digestive disorders… Used in this way, it relieves simple symptoms without waiting for a medical consultation.

Unfortunately, when it is not “responsible”, self-medication can be a significant source of danger, for example, when buying on the Internet or when reusing a drug prescribed beforehand without the authorization of the doctor. ‘doctor.

As there is often an “over-prescription” of drugs, and as the laboratories package the drugs in boxes that sometimes contain more than one treatment, the user can build up a stock. The temptation is then strong to “use” in the family pharmacy to cure an already known symptom, and to use far from harmless drugs such as anxiolytics, antibiotics or anti-inflammatory drugs. This is a frequent misuse that must absolutely be banned.