Nowadays,a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatmens instead of visiting their usual doctors. Do you think this is a positive or negative development.

In the present time, the majority of

people

with various health problems are opting for alternative remedies

such

as home care, rather than going to their general practitioner.in

this

essay, I would attempt to look into the key factors, as to why I think

this

is a negative development. On the one hand,

people

try to self-medicate at home due to the fact of the high cost of treatment.in simple terms, private hospitals charge their patients a lot of money and public hospitals, despite cheaper costs,require a lot of waiting time.so, many

people

who are not financially stable,prefer to self-medicate

instead

of going to the

doctor

.

On the other hand

, when

people

do self-medication at home, they may make the wrong diagnosis and take the wrong medication, as well as because they do not know the combination of the drugs, and

also

not knowing the science, it may cause serious problems. So, taking the drug without consulting a

doctor

is wrong and

also

some diseases

such

as cancer can not be self-medicated because it requires certain medications. In a way of conclusion, in

this

paper, both positive and negative views above, regarding self-medication have been analysed.

as a result

, as stated above, the use of medications without the consultation of a

doctor

may have serious outcomes and patients must be referred to a

doctor

at the time of illness and act according to their instructions.