How to Use self-administer in a Sentence

self-administer

verb

• Players self-administered the therapy three times a week, 20 minutes each time, for 16 weeks.
  — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• Researchers believe the approach could let patients self-administer powerful protein drugs at home.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
• Prescription requirements for medicines that adults can safely self-administer add costs and delays without improving safety.
  — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
• The medication also must be self-administered to ensure the decision is voluntary.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
• Both the Illinois law and New York’s pending law require patients to self-administer the medication.
  — Dr. Jeffrey Singer, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
• For instance, rodents given GLP-1 drugs drink less alcohol, self-administer less cocaine and show less interest in nicotine.
  — Ziyad Al-Aly, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2026
• That all changed in September 2024 when the FDA approved FluMist to be the first self-administer-able flu vaccine out there.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• The vaccine that people can now self-administer at home will have the same vial, same vaccine formulation and same effectiveness as the FluMist used by health-care providers, AstraZeneca said.
  — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
• The journal states that laws allowing medical aid in dying permit eligible adults with terminal illnesses to self-administer medication when certain criteria are met.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
• Currently, state law allows competent students to self-administer allergy, asthma, and diabetes medications, with parental consent and authorization from the school.
  — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Jan. 2025
• In April 2026, Saphnelo launched a pen version, which is also FDA-approved, and allows patients to self-administer their treatments.
  — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
• Additionally, FluMist can be self-administered to those aged 18-49 and administered by a parent or caregiver to those aged 2-17.
  — Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Despite medical community concerns, millions are already self-administering such peptides, relying on social media influencers over professional medical advice.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
• And people who are eager to lose extra weight — before a wedding or a vacation, for example — may choose to self-administer a higher-than-recommended dose, said Arthur Caplan, a bioethics professor at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine.
  — Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026