[Self medication with drugs in everyday complaints].

The occurrence of incidents of illness and their surmounting by the medical layman are an integral part of everyday life. Amount and importance of self-medication depend greatly on the actual health disturbance. Self-medication is above all employed against headache and minor ailments. With small restrictions of everyday activities, as was observed for headache, the concerned persons show already little symptom tolerance. About 4 persons out of 10 assume a treatment strategy using drugs.