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

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dc.contributor.authorMoreira de Barros, Guilherme Antonio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCalonego, Marco A. Marchetti [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Rannier F. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Raphael A.M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFaria, João F.G. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorTrivellato, Stella A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCavalcante, Rodney S. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorFukushima, Fernanda B. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorDias, Adriano [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionComissão de Medicina Paliativa
dc.contributor.institutionSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-12T01:47:03Z
dc.date.available2020-12-12T01:47:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-01
dc.description.abstractBackground 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.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Anestesiologia
dc.description.affiliationSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia Comissão de Medicina Paliativa
dc.description.affiliationSociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Saúde Pública
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Anestesiologia
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Faculdade de Medicina Departamento de Saúde Pública
dc.format.extent529-536
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjan.2019.09.005
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, v. 69, n. 6, p. 529-536, 2019.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.bjan.2019.09.005
dc.identifier.issn1806-907X
dc.identifier.issn0034-7094
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85075393835
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/199704
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isopor
dc.relation.ispartofBrazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAnalgesics
dc.subjectChronic pain
dc.subjectSelf‐medication
dc.subjectUrban population
dc.titleThe use of analgesics and risk of self‐medication in an urban population sample: cross‐sectional studyen
dc.titleUso de analgésicos e o risco da automedicação em amostra de população urbana: estudo transversalpt
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-6421-353X 0000-0001-6421-353X 0000-0001-6421-353X[1]

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