Home medicine stock by students from the 7th to the 9th periods of night Pharmacy at an HEI in Imperatriz-MA

• Autor(a) principal: Maciel, Aline Nogueira Marinho
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lima Junior, Francisco Alves, Queiroz , Patrícia dos Santos Silva, Lima, Karla Vanessa Morais, Tourinho, Érika Ferreira, Oliveira, Querly, Costa, Fábio de Almeida Sales, Carvalho, Flávio Silva de, Carvalho, Gabriel Rodrigues, Galvão, Gustavo Mota, Garcia, Nathália Olívia Sousa, Machado, Antônio Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25567
• topic: Farmacia domiciliaria; Existencias del hogar; Automedicación.; Farmácia caseira; Estoque domiciliar; Automedicação.; Home pharmacy; Household stock; Self-medication.

The objective of the study is to analyse the index of a household stock of drugs by pharmacy students from the 7th to the 9th night shift at a higher education institution in Imperatriz-MA. This is quantitative research with a descriptive method approach. A survey had the participation of 72 students. When asked about the existence of medications in their homes, 100% of the public research stated that they had medications stored at home. Regarding the storage area for medicines in their homes, students showed a preference for the bedroom. Analgesics stood out as the therapeutic class most used by students and anti-inflammatory drugs stood out in second place. When asked about the practice of self-medication, more than half said they perform this practice. The transported data show that 77.8% of the studied population discard medications in conventional garbage. It is necessary to expand programs aimed at health education as a tool to promote awareness among the population regarding the necessary skills for packaging and disposing of medicines in homes, as these issues can compromise both man and the environment.