A automedicação por parte da população feminina em município paraibano.

Abstract

Self-medication is a real practice all over the world. The World Health Organization stresses that this practice is the choice to use medicines that can be medicinal plants or chemical substances in order to alleviate certain symptoms or pathologies. It can be practiced by sharing prescriptions with someone from family or friends, reusing medications already used in previous situations and using old prescriptions. Therefore, it is very important to know how the female population behaves in the face of the possibility of self-medication. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which used as a data collection instrument the semi- structured interview carried out in the municipality of Cajazeiras / PB, having as a research source the female sex. Based on the results, the high and worrying prevalence of self-medication commonly practiced by women at some stage in their life has been proven. In the majority of cases, self-medication was influenced by family members, friends and the pharmacy clerk, with non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, followed by beta-lactams, analgesics and antispasmotics. It was still possible to observe the ease of acquiring medications without a prescription, so the medications are increasingly present in the life of the population. In this way, it is necessary to increase campaigns that publicize the dangers and consequences related to the irrational use of drugs, as well as greater sanitary control in their sales under prescription and actions of health promotion by health professionals, working with campaigns and educational actions that promote awareness and information for all in general. Thus, it is necessary to increase sanitary control in the sales of prescription drugs, actions to promote health by professionals in the area, as well as the increase of educational campaigns that publicize the dangers and consequences related to the irrational use of drugs. drugs and actions that promote awareness and information for the population.