Prescription pattern in public specialized dental care centers in Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Hochscheidt, Gabriela Luiza
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva , Mateus Müller da, Ferreira , Maria Beatriz Cardoso, Quevedo, Alexandre Silva de, Ponzoni, Deise
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/20732
• topic: Prescrições de Medicamentos; Odontológos; Odontologia em saúde pública.; Prescripciones de Medicamentos; Odontológos; Odontología en salud pública.; Drug Prescriptions; Dentists; Public health dentistry.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the most common drugs prescribed by dentists and the indicators related to rational drug use. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in which 189 interviews were carried out from August 2015 to June 2016 with patients who received drug prescriptions at specialized dental care centers in a city in southern Brazil. A specific data sheet was used, with questions regarding: age and gender of the patient, dental specialty in which the care occurred, and prescription drugs and their respective dosage regimen. Statistical analysis was performed using the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test (p <0.05). From the total of interviews, it was observed that 92.1% of patients received written medication prescriptions. Of these prescriptions, 38.5% had some type of antibiotic for systemic use. Acetaminophen was the most prescribed drug (33.4%), followed by amoxicillin (19.7%). The mean number of medications per prescription was 1.75, and 17.4% of the prescriptions did not indicate the dosage regimen. Our findings indicate a high incidence of prescribed antibiotics and non-compliance with regulatory agency guidance in prescriptions at the centers evaluated.