2017
DOI: 10.18566/medupb.v36n2.a03
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Automedicación de analgésicos y antibióticos en estudiantes de pregrado de medicina

Abstract: RESUMENObjetivo: automedicación es el uso de productos medicinales sin prescripción médica. En estudiantes de medicina es una práctica común y puede asociarse con efectos adversos. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue determinar la prevalencia de automedicación con antibióticos y analgésicos en estudiantes de pregrado de medicina y caracterizar las actitudes, los conocimientos y las prácticas frente a este comportamiento. Metodología: estudio transversal que contó con 625 estudiantes de pregrado de medicina de… Show more

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“…states that self-medication is part of self-care and according to their study it is considered a primary resource in health care with 97% of participants who self-medicate whatever the factor that led to it, He also mentioned that the first triggering factor for this action was that the symptoms they were suffering from were not so severe, so it was easy to access medication to calm them down. On the contrary (Berrouet, et al 2017) in their study, they state that 90.1% of the students considered that self-medication was an unsafe practice, but this also depended on the sex and semester of training in relation to our study that the population of The study lies in leveling students who are beginning their studies in the career and are unaware of many aspects in relation to pharmacology.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 53%
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“…states that self-medication is part of self-care and according to their study it is considered a primary resource in health care with 97% of participants who self-medicate whatever the factor that led to it, He also mentioned that the first triggering factor for this action was that the symptoms they were suffering from were not so severe, so it was easy to access medication to calm them down. On the contrary (Berrouet, et al 2017) in their study, they state that 90.1% of the students considered that self-medication was an unsafe practice, but this also depended on the sex and semester of training in relation to our study that the population of The study lies in leveling students who are beginning their studies in the career and are unaware of many aspects in relation to pharmacology.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 53%
“…Self-medication entails a number of risks that can be caused by consuming medications without a prescription, no matter how harmless it may seem, they usually cause serious long-term problems, according to the information provided by the participants in this study, only 37% know them "a times" as well as mentioning in his study (Alcázar, et al 2018) that the prevalence of difficulties caused by self-medication is the object of study and, in turn, a problem to which greater attention should be given, since it is considered a worldwide problem, on the other hand (Berrouet, et al 2017) in their research called "Self-medication of pain relievers and antibiotics in undergraduate medical students" exposes the potential risks that develop from this practice in the that focuses on problems of cardiovascular, renal and gastrointestinal origin, which can be caused due to drug interactions that are related to our research, where 93.2% of the studied population knows about this problem, however they consume them to alleviate their various discomforts.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 67%
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“…(10) En los últimos años la investigación en cuanto a la automedicación se ha puesto en la mira a estudiantes universitarios, en particular a los que cursan carreras del área de la salud, que debido a los conocimientos que han adquirido de farmacología son una población que con frecuencia tiende a recurrir a esta práctica. (11) La motivación del estudio viene dada por lo riesgoso de esta práctica y el uso frecuente en estudiantes universitarios, de manera que el abordaje se centrará en estudiantes de enfermería. Este estudio, además, pretende ser un aporte para la rama de enfermería y ser una guía en la toma de decisiones, teniendo en cuenta que la profesión se caracteriza por el cuidado integral a la persona, incluida la precaución con los medicamentos.…”
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“…22 Los síntomas específicos encontrados fueron dolor de cabeza y menstruales, los mismos que condicionan el uso de analgésicos y antinflamatorios, además se incluyó el uso de antibióticos, medicamentos que son incluidos como parte de su "botiquín" personal. 23 Al respecto, la Dirección General de medicamentos Insumos y drogas (DIGEMID) revela que la resistencia a los antibióticos se han convertido en problemas muy serios dentro del sector salud y sociedad en general, el uso indiscriminado de antibióticos genera mayor número de defunciones hospitalarias, estancia prolongada; además de reducir el arsenal terapéutico que se tiene para combatir infecciones, por tanto, es necesario combatir la automedicación para lo cual se estableció un plan de trabajo multisectorial 2019-2021 que busca tomar conciencia respecto al problema de resistencia a los antimicrobianos no solo en la población sino también los trabajadores de salud. 24…”
Section: Problemas De Salud Asociados a La Automedicaciónunclassified