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.
- Accidental
exposure to insecticides that are meant to be used on plants or buildings,
may cause 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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