self-medicate
verb[IorT]
uk/ˌselfˈmed.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˌselfˈmed.ə.keɪt/to takemedicineordrugstohelpyou with aconditionwithoutaskingadoctor:
90percentof thepeoplequestionedself-medicated, usually forpainorcolds.被问到的人中,90%曾给自己开药,通常是为了止疼或治疗感冒等。
Theysufferfrompost-traumaticstressdisorderandabusealcoholto self-medicate.
He said hesmokedmarijuanato self-medicate thepainfrommusclespasms.
- Thestatepassedlawspermittingasthmaticstudentsto self-medicate inschools.
- Consumers shouldavoidaspirinusealonetopreventstrokeorcardiovasculardiseases, and should never self-medicate without theadviceof adoctor.
- Adolescents aresubjecttodepressionand oftenstartsmokingto self-medicate.
- When apatientis notbroughtinto astableframeofmind, theyeventuallyresumeusingdrugsas a way to self-medicatetheirsymptoms.
Medicines & drugs: administering drugs & medicines
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- auto-injector
- blood doping
- bolus
- dispense
- inject
- jab
- knock
- knocksomeoneout
- lethal injection
- medicated
- microdose
- microdosing
- prescribe
- putsomethingon
- reinject
- reinjection
- sedation
- self-medication