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Drinking drugs without prescription or treat yourself, have long been the habit of our society. This targeted treatment is not exactly making the body more vulnerable to disease and drugs that might damage the body’s own drunk.

Not a few people who are reluctant to go to the doctor when sick. Similarly, the habit of Roni. When ill, he used to buy medicines at pharmacies, but without a prescription. “Yes there are antibiotics, there are also some drugs that were supposed to use a doctor’s prescription. In fact, parties do not ask for a pharmacy prescription, tuh. So that’s it, no need to go to the doctor, “said the man’s age 30 this year.

He confessed that should dare to take medication is used with the recipe but without the doctor’s instructions, because some times see a similar case and the same type of drug taken. “Hence, I fit a hit, so just buy the drug directly and it was healed,” said a company employee was information technology.

A mother who lives in Bekasi also revealed a similar thing. “Several times I often defer or nothing to the doctor when my son was sick. I just know what his illness, continued to live and purchase the medicine at the pharmacy, “said 35-year-old woman who happened to work as assistant pharmacist this. He added, “Usually doctors also prescribe drugs that-that’s all. So I memorized. My son was also recovered, tuh. ”

Similar experience is also usually carried a man who lives in Central Java with the disease gout. “I certainly do not purposely to a specialist in Rheumatology. Out expensive, though. I buy bottled herbal medicine. The pain disappeared. It means’ a herbal medicine that works, “he said.

However, after the father of three children was a heart attack, one because of taking herbal medicine which was mixed with chemical drugs, he claimed to be cured.

Diagnosis Error
There are many similar incidents can be found in our society. This is called self-medicate. Drug use (beresep) without the knowledge of doctors so there is no recipe, if done too often can be fatal.
Usually people self-medicate based on symptoms without thinking about the causes illness. Its main priorities, namely the relief of pain, lower body temperature when fever, or remove patches on the skin, rather than trying to find the root of the problem.

Though it can be the symptoms that arise as a manifestation of diverse pathological condition that requires treatment different from each other. This is called a diagnosis error.

Burnout is a very common symptom, but it could be a sign of serious problems. For example, hepatitis, glandular fever, depression, diabetes, cancer, and others.

Headache will disappear when we take paracetamol, but it will become chronic if the source of pain is not found, despite having done some clinical examinations.

“Four months ago I had a headache, take medicine, cured. Two months ago, headaches anymore. The same headache I drink, get well, but apparently a fever again. Eh, I stated to the doctor after typhoid fever, “says a friend.
Headache, basically could be a manifestation of various things such as sinusitis, muscle tensions, loss of visual acuity, and more.

“Treat yourself clearly not safe. Drug options may be in the future not as lucky as before. Instead of healing, instead of buried toxins, “said Dr. Joany Vayssette, Honorary President of the French National Association of Pharmacist.

Can Be Serious
Pain or increase in body temperature is actually a signal, but we often ignore it. So far this phenomenon can be detained her illness and did not affect daily activities, many people prefer to treat themselves rather than going to the doctor.

“After all, usually a day course was cured after drinking the medicine,” said Roni. In fact, in some cases the proper pain management from the outset is an important step.

Treat yourself could be prolonging treatment or even cause new problems. Call it abnormal coughing, heart attack or stroke, a severe constipation, or a hot chest repeatedly.

Not surprisingly, until now many people still think he was just a cold, but was having a heart attack. “How come after scraped even died,” the story of a mother recalled that her husband had died and she thought it sat exposed to the wind.

Indeed there is a limit which is usually self-medicate only three days, as in the case of the flu and cough. Yet, not infrequently people let their own symptoms appear and treat the over three days.

“I do not know why I’ve had a cough for so long, can be up to three weeks. I just treat myself with cough medicines sold in the shop, “said Rani, a housewife who lives in Depok.

An employee at a publishing in Jakarta revealed, “I usually buy antibiotics if the flu and cough did not heal until a week. After the drink is usually cured. ”

According to Dr. Iwan Darmansjah, Sp.Fk, antiobiotik is a type of medicine used to fight bacteria. Whereas influenza is caused by a virus. In addition, various antibiotics have killed the only properties of certain germs. If the election is not suitable, Disable germs that attack will not be exhaustive.

So in addition to inappropriate targets, bacteria or germs in your body will become resistant. That is, when the same disease appeared by the same bacteria, our bodies need a stronger antibiotic type with higher doses. As a result the body will be poisoned.

For pregnant women, children and elderly people, treat yourself quite vulnerable. In addition to poisoning risk, especially children are still vulnerable to everything that smelled of chemicals.

Caution and Alert
Prevent is the best step to avoid the danger heal itself. Happens, there will be no action to buy drugs (beresep) gave a pharmacy without a prescription though.

Certainly, this kind of culture should start from childhood. And should also be taught in schools. Thus expressed Dr. Jean Pouillard, author of L’automedication.

By developing information and communication between doctor and patient, self-medicate danger can be avoided. Pharmacists should be the mediator who shall be ready when asked so much about drugs by patients.

Be careful and vigilant is the key word of all these issues. Get rid of medicines or first aid equipment out of the reach of children, is cautious steps that we can do simple. Next, be careful with the origin not use drugs

Pharmacists are expected to maximize the use of traditional materials Indonesia drugs. Today, the world needs in traditional medicine is very big.

“The potential of traditional medicine in Indonesia is huge, with 9,000 species of plants that can be exploited further,” said Director General of Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices Ministry of Health in Sri Indrawati, and Inauguration Oath Taking 44 Pharmacist School of Pharmacy Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) 2009 / 2010, Wednesday (12/05/2010).

Sri said, pharmacists Indonesia must be challenged with the potentials of Indonesia to cultivate traditional materials into a safe drug for the community.

Condition of Indonesian pharmaceutical need of improvement. Primarily, the service at the pharmacy and drug distribution.

“Good service and distribution of drugs at the pharmacy pharmacist is often not done. Tersampaikannya It causes no drug information to the public,” said Indonesian Pharmacist Association board, Ita Hutagalung, in Taking Oath and Appointment 44 Pharmacist School of Pharmacy Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) in 2009 / 2010, Wednesday (05/12/2010).

Ita expect, this is getting the attention of all parties. Clinically, the patient may suffer because they do not know which drug is suitable, affordable, and quality. Dean of the School of Pharmacy Tutus Gusdinar said, should urge the government to pharmacists can play a maximum of consumption of the drug community as a resource person.

Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) recently pulled a traditional medicine trademark Po Chai Pills in capsule form from circulation.

Along with that information, Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) Indonesia declares, Po Chai Pills registered in Indonesia in the form of dosage pills with registration number 004 400 941 POM Tl, produced by Li Chung Shing Tong (Holdings) Ltd., Hong Kong, imported and distributed in Indonesia so far still safe to eat. Based on BPOM release issued on Tuesday (30 / 3),

Po Chai Pills is withdrawn from circulation by the HSA is Po Chai Pills in capsules because the dosage form contains chemicals detected drugs phenolphthalein and sibutramine. The Po Chai Pills in pill dosage forms contain chemicals undetectable drug.

Giving medicine belonging to the category of dangerous without the authority and expertise can endanger the public. Drugs should be given safely and effectively by people who have the expertise and authority that has the maximum therapeutic effect.

Said DG of Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Ministry of Health, Sri Indrawati, in a trial test materials Health Law No. 36/2009 on the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Thursday (05/06/2010) yesterday.

Sri said, the authorities in giving the drug should be strictly regulated to prevent abuse of drugs that have the potential to endanger patients.
He explained, if the drug is given incorrectly, it can happen hazards such as drug resistance, permanent disability, could even lead to death.

To that end, the government appealed to the Court to reject the request for applicant to declare the petition in whole or unacceptable.

Test materials submitted by the Head of Health Law Health Center of Kuala Samboja, Kaltanegara Kutai, East Kalimantan, Misran, because a number of articles in the Health Act is considered not provide justice for nurses in remote areas.

Three norm from which diujimaterikan Health Act to the Constitutional Court is Article 108 paragraph (1), Explanation of Article 108 paragraph (1), and Article 190 paragraph (1). According Misran, the various chapters is the potential to cause loss of constitutional rights of all nursing staff on duty in remote areas where there are no doctors and pharmacists.

This is because the nurses were limited to providing free drugs and medicines is limited, whereas drugs that included a list of G (Gevaarlijk / dangerous), such as antibiotic and analgesic, is not paid caregivers.

In fact, emergency situations often occur in remote areas where there are no doctors and the referral of patients to the hospital is plagued by geographic factors, cost, distance, and availability of transportation facilities.

While in emergency situations, the nursing staff could be prosecuted for providing drugs that included a list of G to save the patient.

“On one hand there is the limited authority granted by law, and at the same time there is limited resources or lack of health personnel with the expertise and authority,” he said.

For that, Misran wants the Constitutional Court decided a number of articles that diujimaterikan Health Act does not have binding legal force because it is against, among others, Article 28H Paragraph (1) 1945.

The contents of Article 28H Paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution was, “Everyone is entitled to life spiritually and materially prosperous, residence, and get a good environment and healthy and have the right to obtain medical care.”

Misran himself had been sentenced to three months in jail because of his help in the Health Center who led the list there are some medications G. In fact, the reality is the entire PHC Assistance in Labour areas have no doctors.