A banalização do uso de benzodiazepínicos e o perfil dos usuários no municipio de Pompéu/MG

• Autor(a) principal: Marianna Trindade de Almeida
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/BUOS-AAXQH8
• topic: Abuso; ansiolíticos; benzodiazepínicos; Saúde da família

Benzodiazepines have indications for adjuvant treatment of anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. However, there is indiscriminate prescriptions that favor situations of dependency and abuse. This work is justified by the importance of intervening in the biomedical model, focused on the disease. Thus, it is important to investigate and understand the genesis of stress and create intervention strategies. To develop an action plan aimed at reducing the use and / or abuse of benzodiazepine use by population served by the Family Health Program. narrative review of the literature, Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Virtual Library NESCON, among others. Aiming to support the construction and implementation of the action plan. used the databases of the health unit, information system of the municipality and secondary data SIAB Information System (Primary Care) program. Was defined as descriptors Search: abuse, benzodiazepines, anxiolytics. There is a higher prevalence of benzodiazepine use among women, the elderly, people with low income and education. We emphasize caution use in elderly due to increased sensitivity to both the therapeutic effects as adverse effects of drugs. The indiscriminate use of benzodiazepines is a public health problem and, therefore, to characterize the profile of the users and the creation of strategies for health promotion and prevention through a plan of action / intervention is key.