Prevalência de automedicação em pacientes atendidos como urgência em clínicas de odontologia no município de Patos - Paraíba.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of self-medication in patients with pain of dental origin in dental care services in the city of Patos - PB, which were the clinical school of dentistry at Federal University of Campina Grande, Center for Dental Specialties and public health system only for primary health care, as well as the most commonly used drugs and their effects. The research was developed from a cross-sectional observational survey, with 100 patients who were doing an urgency appointment in those establishments, was performed an active interview, which verified the self-perception of the need for treatment and behavior and possible use of medication. It was observed a prevalence of 69% of self-medication due to the dental pain, the dipyrone, amoxicillin and ibuprofen the drugs most cited for oral use. beyond of substances at the source of dental pain. The dipyrone and xylocaine were also the most used substances at the source of dental pain and, among the mouth rinses, most contained salt and vinegar. The main effects arising from the indiscriminate use of these medications were characteristic symptoms of gastritis. It is still often the habit of to self-medicate by people indication, beyond of these people, commonly, avoid going to the dentist for fear or only seek them because of pain. It was concluded that due to the lack of information about the risks of selfmedication and the difficulty of access to the public health system, the population see themselves, frequently, forced to adopt undue therapeutic treatments on their own, seeking to solve the discomfort they are feeling.