O uso de antidepressivos e ansiolíticos por acadêmicos do curso de farmácia de uma instituição de ensino superior na região metropolitana de Goiânia

Abstract

Currently about 700 million people suffer from some type of mental disorder, In Brazil there is still a small number of epidemiological investigations in of mental health. There are Brazilian studies that evaluate the presence of depression and anxiety in undergraduate students, which indicate high rates for both pathologies. The aim of this study is to identify the use of antidepressants and anxiolytics by pharmacy students of a college institution in the metropolitan region of Goiânia. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with a quantitative approach and analysis based on simple statistics from September to October 2019. Data collection was done through by structured questionnaire. The research was carried out with 113 pharmacy students from the 1st to the 10th period. Of the 113 students interviewed, 13 (11.50%) reported having used antidepressants or anxiolytics during the academic process, of the 13, 11 (84.62%) were female, 5 (38.46%) were in the last period. 7 (53.85%) were between 21 and 25 years old. Some drugs were cited during the research including paroxetine, fluoxetine, clonazepam and amitriptyline. Some Side effects were also highlighted such as drowsiness nausea and headache. The pharmacist has an important role in relation to antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs to make rational use of them, because through pharmaceutical attention, the population can have better knowledge about the disease and drugs, providing better quality of life.