People who take someone else’s medicine may suffer harm if they take a medicine that is not meant for treating their condition or take the wrong dose. Women who take medicine to try to end a pregnancy are misusing the medicine, and may poison themselves. Poisoning accidents can happen when safety warnings are ignored and chemicals are used in the wrong way. The following are illustrative:
• Bleach containers usually contain a warning that bleach should not be mixed with any other cleaner. If people ignore the warning and use bleach with another household cleaner, they may be poisoned by the gases given off.
• Insecticides that meant to be used on plants or buildings, if are used to kill insects living on people, in their hair or on their bodies may cause accidental poisoning.
• Sometimes people poison themselves by misusing medicines. They may take more than the doctor prescribed because they think, wrongly, that a larger dose will make them better more quickly.
• Taking someone else's medicine is also a kind of misuse.
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