Adverse drug reactions in self-medication

The research goal is to study the actual problem of self-medication. The Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) considers the term «responsible self-medication». The key characteristic is that the patients are responsible for their health. The article presents cases of self-medication thoroughly analyzed in Volgograd Regional Centre of Drug Safety Monitoring. Some of them may be considered as unfavourable and even lethal. Therefore it should be mentioned that there is one more benefit of rational pharmacotherapy with priority of prescriptions made by doctors. Medical professionals can estimate potential pharmacological risk with individual pharmacokinetic and phar-macodynamic features, allergic anamnesis and carry out monitoring of pharmacotherapy