Avaliação das prescrições de medicamentos antidepressivos em uma drogaria do município de Cachoeira do Sul/RS.

Abstract

Depression is a serious disease that impairs the performance and quality of life. Apparently, there is no specific cause for the existence of depression, so it is suggested that several factors may contribute to its appearance, listing somatic, genetic and environmental factors involved in this process; highlighting also disturbances in the hypothalamic function and neurotransmission capacity. The increased use of antidepressants is partly because of the emergence of new medications, new classes, with extension of the therapeutic indications, as well as the diagnosis made in the general population. In order to avoid the complications arising from preexisting conditions and interactions with other drugs previously used by patients, it is necessary to be aware of possible adverse effects of the drug to be used, as a responsible and important factor in monitoring the effect of the drug. Given these facts, it shows the importance of knowing and assessing the most prescribed antidepressant drugs and their main interactions, as well as the medical specialty that most prescribing this class, due to increased consumption of antidepressants by the population. And also the gender of the users of this class of drugs, in order to alert the public and health professionals about the rational and appropriate use of antidepressants. The aim of this study was to analyze the provisions of Drugs Subject to Special Control List C1, specifically the class of antidepressant medications, dispensed in a drugstore the center of the city of Cachoeira do Sul / RS, in the period from January to June of the year 2015. this study was an observational research, qualitative and quantitative and retrospective, featuring in a cross sectional study. 647 prescriptions for antidepressants were analyzed, with females accounting for 74%, citalopram with 20.10% being the most widely used antidepressant, and medical specialty that most prescribed this class of drugs was the general practitioner (27.2%), which is due to the fact that the population have easier access to these professionals. The class of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Serotonin (SSRI) class of antidepressants most prescribed and dispensed, with 75.3% being due to the fact that the class of antidepressant drugs better tolerated and relatively new compared to other classes. It points out that even the antidepressants not being drugs that consisting of dependence and large tolerances should take into account the fact that the pharmacist accompany the patient during their treatment in order to avoid adverse effects, misuse, prolonged use, adverse effects, drug interactions, promoting the rational use and consequently a better quality of life for the patient.