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Self medication is the common practice among people in the community ,this five minute reads tries to breakdown its meaning and impact in the long run. What is self medication Self medication is an act of self prescribing and consuming medication guided by one’s view on his or her health condition without an advice from a physician commonly practiced in our communities. This behavior has been taken as a normal practice especially for health problems such as headache, fever, sore throat, gastrointestinal problems, skin disorders, respiratory problems to mention a few. Why do people self medicate? The main reason of self medication is an easy access of medications whenever one feels sick, Other reasons includes, The medicine knowledge by some people may cause them to think they know what to use even when the important examinations and tests have not been done to reach the diagnosis, The use of same medications whenever the condition seems to be similar to the previous one, Inabil