La généralisation de l'usage destechnologies numériques a imposé au secteur dela santé de nombreux changements, notammentceux qui se rapportent à la circulation del'information sur les médicaments. Le volumeconsidérable d'informations de santé auquel sontconfrontés régulièrement les consommateurs estsusceptible d'affecter la manière avec laquelle cesderniers évaluent les différentes opportunités dece marché, notamment celles qui sont relatives àl'automédication. L'analyse des données obtenues,d'une part à l'aide d'entretiens approfondis avecdes pharmaciens, et d'autre part, grâce à uneimmersion totale en officine, nous ont apporté deséléments de réponses sur les implications quidécoulent de l'usage d'internet en sa qualité desource d'informations sur la perception du risquelors du processus de décision relatif à l'achat debiens de santé, plus particulièrement celui desmédicaments d'automédication. / The general use of digital technologieshas imposed on the healthcare sector manychanges, in particular, those relating to the flowof information on drugs. Consumers areconfronted with a sheer volume of healthinformation that is likely to affect the way inwhich they evaluate the different opportunitiesin this market, particularly those related to selfmedication.In this research, in-depth interviewswith pharmacists and participant observation(full immersion in pharmacies), were selected asthe data collection techniques. The analysis ofdata provided some possible answers about theimplications arising from the use of the Internetas a source of information on perceived risk inthe health products decision-making process,more particularly, that of self-medication drugs.

Missbruk och beroende är idag ett utbrett samhällsproblem, på alla samhällsnivåer. Samtidigt som det finns ett stigma kring missbruk har antalet offentliga personer som berättar om sina erfarenheter av missbruk ökat. Studiens syfte har varit att genom kvalitativ tematisk textanalys analysera självbiografier av sju kända svenska män som berättar om sitt missbruk. Vi har undersökt hur droganvändning och dess orsaker skildras i kändisarnas självbiografier. Resultaten har kodats och tematiserats för att kunna besvara frågeställningen. Analysen innefattar förklaringsmodeller (samsjuklighet, självmedicinering, karriärmodell, skam och vändpunkt) som socialarbetare använder när de beskriver hur det kommer sig att vissa personer använder droger. Resultaten visar att berättelser om samsjuklighet, självmedicinering och tillfrisknande från droganvändning är snarlika, om än med individuella skillnader. Slutsatsen är att de ger en inblick i missbruk som kan vara till hjälp i att förstå och hjälpa personer som använder droger. / Addiction and drug dependency have become widespread social problems in all layers of society. While there is always a stigma around drug abuse, the number of public figures willing to share their experiences on the issue has increased. The purpose of the study was to analyse the autobiographies of seven famous Swedish men, writing about their addiction, using qualitative thematic text analysis. We have explored how we can gain a greater understanding of drug use and its causes, and how it is portrayed in autobiographies. The analysis contains selected explanatory models (comorbidity, self-medication, career model, shame and turning point) that social workers use when describing how and why a person is using drugs. Results have been coded and thematized in order to answer the questions at hand. The results show that stories on recovery from drug use are often quite similar, albeit with individual differences. The results give an insight into addiction which can help understanding and helping people affected by addiction.

The purpose of this study was to examine people's experiences of self-medication with cannabis in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder and professions’ opinions of cannabis for medical use. The study focuses on norms and values as well as its impact on individuals. A qualitative approach was used with thematically open interview questions, in order to gain an insight into the interviewees’ reality and their experiences. Selected theories emphasize on norms, social control and gateway. The study has chosen to point out Sweden's drug policy attitudes to cannabis, research on cannabis as a complement to post-traumatic stress disorder, resources and therapies in the section earlier research. The results showed patterns of how the social control and norms affect the individual who chooses to deviate from the prevailing norm. The informants who have chosen to self-medicate cannabis in relation to post-traumatic stress disorder describes itself countered in their experiences with emotions such as contempt, exclusion and being misunderstood. It also emerged that there is transparency in the professions to the possibilities of cannabis as medicine, at present, it is a lack of evidence and research. It was also found that the informants who self-medicated strives cannabis as medicine in the market, controlled dosage.

Final master work, 41 pages, 15 graphical scheme, 6 tables, 29 references and 2 annex. Keywords: Sociological investigation, self-medication, popularity of self-medication, treatment and self-treatment, medicaments, OTC drugs, non-OTC drugs, advertisement, respondent, gastro intestinal disorder, pharmacist in self-medication, herbal remedies. Self-medication should be understood as a treatment of easy and uncomplicated disorder without the help of a health care specialist. Self-medication process occur when the self-healer can exactly realize his or her disorder or symptoms of his or her disease, they can chose the most suitable medicament and use it properly for not longer than 7 days. The proper self-medicament should not cause any undesirable effects and worsen the patient’s health condition. Only OTC drug are suitable in self-medication. Before start using the medicament, the patient should always read carefully the note and information leaflet. Work object: citizen of Kaunas City. Work subject: patients, 2nd year students of the Technological University of Kaunas (KTU), company workers. Work aim: Evaluate the self-healing between the citizen of Kaunas City suffering from Gastrointestinal tract disorder. Task work: 1. Theoretical analysis of self-medication 2. Investigate the gastrointestinal problems between the citizen of Kaunas city. 3. Investigate the treatment peculiarity between the citizen of Kaunas city. Method of analysis :... [to full text]

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