This document discusses self-medication and its risks and advantages. It notes that self-medication involves using drugs or medicines without advice from a healthcare specialist. Some advantages of self-medication include time-saving, convenience, and usefulness for mild illnesses. However, risks include adverse drug reactions, wrong dosage, wrong medication, disease aggravation, drug interactions, and drug incompatibility. The document also discusses pharmacology basics, routes of drug administration, and several herbal medicines approved by the Department of Health in the Philippines.

1. Self-Medication
and its Impacts
By: Dominic B. Hermano,
RN, MPH

2. Self-Medication
Use of drugs / medicines without the
advice of a health care specialist.
(Merriam-Webster
Dictionary)

3. Self-Medication:
Advantage of

4. Time-Saving

5. Convenient

6. Useful for Mildillness

7. Self-Medication:
Risks of

8. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1. Adverse Drug
Reaction

10. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1. Adverse Drug
Reaction
2. Wrong Dosage

12. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1. Adverse Drug
Reaction
2. Wrong Dosage
3. Wrong Medication

13. Microbes

14. Which?

15. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1. Adverse Drug
Reaction
2. Wrong Dosage
3. Wrong Medication
4. Disease Aggravation

16. Which?
Severe consequences

17. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1. Adverse Drug
Reaction
2. Wrong Dosage
3. Wrong Medication
4. Disease Aggravation
5. Drug Interaction

18. Drug Incompatibility

19. Self-Medication:
Risks of
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Adverse Drug Reaction
Wrong Dosage
Wrong Medication
Disease Aggravation
Drug Interaction

20. End of Module I

21. Pharmacology
Basics of

22. Pharmacology
the science of drugs including
their origin, composition,
therapeutic use, and toxicology.

23. Pharmacology
How can
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24. How can medications
beadminstered?

25. Which?
Severe consequences

26. Which?

27. Which?

28. Which?

29. Which?

30. Routes:
1. Oral
2. Sublingual
3. Rectal
4. Parenteral
5. Topical

31. End of Module II

32. Herbal Medicines
Approved by DOH

33. T.N.A.B.B.A.S.
U.L.Y

34. TSAANG-GUBAT
Intestinal motility, can be
used as mouthwash (fluoride
content)

35. NIYOG-NIYOGAN
Anti-parasitic; Intestinal
worms (ascaris, trichina)

36. AMPALAYA
Reduces Blood Glucose Level

37. BAYABAS
Antiseptic; Disinfectant /
Mouth wash

38. BAWANG
Reduces Blood Cholesterol

39. AKAPULKO
Anti-Fungal; Also effective in
ringworms

40. SAMBONG
Anti-urolithiasis; Anti-edema

41. ULASIMANG BATO
Reduce Uric-Acid
A.K.A. PANSIT-PANSITAN

42. LAGUNDI
Relief of COUGHS and
ASTHMA

43. YERBA BUENA
Analgesic;
Relieves Body Pain and Body
Aches.
A.K.A PEPPERMINT

44. T.N.A.B.B.A.S.
U.L.Y

45. THANK YOU!
DepEd - SHNS

46. References:
-Birudev Kale (2013) “Survey on Self-medication in Satara”
-http://www.msdmanuals.com/home/drugs/administration-and-kinetics-of-
drugs/drug-administration
-http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/doh_herbs.htm