The use of analgesics and risk of self‐medication in an urban population sample: cross‐sectional study

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Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorComissão de Medicina Paliativa-
Autor(es): dc.contributorSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMoreira de Barros, Guilherme Antonio [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCalonego, Marco A. Marchetti [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMendes, Rannier F. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCastro, Raphael A.M. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFaria, João F.G. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorTrivellato, Stella A. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCavalcante, Rodney S. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFukushima, Fernanda B. [UNESP]-
Autor(es): dc.creatorDias, Adriano [UNESP]-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T00:28:06Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2022-02-22T00:28:06Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-12-11-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2020-12-11-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2019-10-31-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjan.2019.09.005-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/199704-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/199704-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBackground and objectives: There are few data in the literature characterizing the pattern of analgesic use in Latin American countries, including Brazil. Little is known about the undertreatment of pain and its influence on the habit of self‐medication with analgesics. The aim of this study is to define the pattern of analgesic use among chronic pain patients and its potential association with self‐medication with analgesics. Method: Cross‐sectional observational study with an urban population sample. Chronic pain was defined as a pain lasting for at least 90 days. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution. Results: 416 subjects were included; 45.7% (n = 190) had chronic pain, with females (72.3%; p = 0.04) being the most affected. Self‐medication with analgesics is practiced by 78.4% of patients with chronic pain. The most common current analgesic treatment consists of non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (dipyrone and acetaminophen). Weak opioids are rarely used and only 2.6% of subjects with chronic pain were taking these analgesics. None of the subjects were taking potent opioids. Conclusions: The practice of self‐medication with analgesics is frequent among patients with chronic pain, which may be due to the underprescription of more potent analgesics, such as opioids. It can also be said that, given the data presented, there is no crisis of recreational opioid use in the studied population.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Anestesiologia-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia Comissão de Medicina Paliativa-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Saúde Pública-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Anestesiologia-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Saúde Pública-
Formato: dc.format529-536-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Idioma: dc.languagept_BR-
Relação: dc.relationBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectAnalgesics-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectChronic pain-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectSelf‐medication-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectUrban population-
Título: dc.titleThe use of analgesics and risk of self‐medication in an urban population sample: cross‐sectional study-
Título: dc.titleUso de analgésicos e o risco da automedicação em amostra de população urbana: estudo transversal-
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