Caracterização do uso de plantas medicinais e medicamentos fitoterápicos utilizados por pacientes com câncer atendidos pelo Sistema Único de Saúde no município de Aracaju - SE

• Autor(a) principal: Arcanjo, Gabriel Davi Brandão
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Batista, Alessandra Macedo
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/7503
• topic: Farmácia; Ensino de farmácia; Câncer; Tratamento do câncer em Aracaju (SE); Sistema Único de Saúde em Aracaju (SE); Oncologia; Tratamento do Câncer; Homeopatia; Plantas medicinais; Quimioterapia; Medicinal plants; Herbal medicines; Chemotherapeutic drugs; Plant-drug interactions; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FARMACOLOGIA::FARMACOLOGIA GERAL

Medicinal plants are used for therapeutic purposes since the earliest days of human history, via oral and written communication passed between generations. In recent years, however, has significantly increased its use in concomitance with other drugs, including chemotherapeutic. In many cases this use is inappropriate and indiscriminate and may to cause potential interactions with antineoplastic drugs. Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize the use of medicinal plants and herbal medicines by cancer patients treated on the Unified Health System. Was realized a cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach, in which the data were collected in two public hospitals in the city of Aracaju-SE. Among the 316 individuals interviewed, 55,38% (n=175) used medicinal plants and/or herbal medicines. The predominant age group was 50 to 61 years old (26,58% n=84) with a female predominance, 68,04% (n=215) and brown 60,13% (n=190). The most used medicinal plants were lemongrass, holy grass, chamomile and boldo. The most commonly used reason was, to relieve symptoms (60,54%, n=270) and mostly (81,03%) did not inform the oncologist that they used these. Based on the literature review, it was verified that 11 of the 175 individuals who used medicinal and/or herbal plants (6,28%) were susceptible to potential interactions. Thus, greater communication between oncology patients and health professionals is necessary to avoid potential health risks when used in concomitance with conventional antineoplastic therapy.