Self-medication along with self-care was introduced in the 1980s continuing to develop until the 1990s when it was starting to become a health issue, and in the 2000s efforts were made to educate the public about medications and reducing the normalness of self medicating. (Bennadi, 2013). With healthcare becoming costlier in the United States and more scarce in developing countries self-medication becomes the only option for some people. It was put onto the pharmacist and other health professionals to “give proper instructions for medicines and explain for what it is prescribed so that it will be helpful for the patient to understand and making his own decisions” (Bennadi, 2013). However, even with health professionals discussing the drugs that their patients are consuming people still take medication how they see fit, as well as those who do not seek consultation at all or cannot afford it. …show more content…
The results of the intervention showed that “usual forms of health education may not be sufficient to overcome the influence of past behavior” (Mainous, Diaz, Carnemolla, 2009). In comparison to the observation of other interventions, it it is clear that it takes more effort to break a person’s