A group of students from 3rd, 4th and 5th year of the School of Nursing at the UNT A study on self-medication among its peers, which yielded disturbing results. While the race field is studied Pharmacology, 91% of the 95 students surveyed to self medicate. 78% said it does sometimes, and 13%, always.
Regarding the type of remedies that youth are not prescribed, the list is headed by painkillers such as aspirin or ibuprofen, with 65%. These drugs are called NSAIDs, because they are a combination of analgesic and NSAID. Secondly include influenza, with 8% after antibiotics, with 6%, and antacids and steroids, with 3%.
The most common reason that triggers self-medication is the pain: headache, muscle injuries or menstrual. It occupies 52% of cases. Other reasons are malaise (19%), fever (11%), allergy (4%) Acidity (3%), tiredness and weakness (2%).
Also, most drugs without a prescription buy in pharmacies (55%). 27% do so in kiosks or drugstores, 11% obtain them in hospitals or CAPS and 7% of relatives or friends.



The study authors Ruth Almaraz, Veronica del Valle Aranda, Oscar Brown, Fatima Tenth, Griselda Orellana and Nelida Solorzano, who were led by Dr. Norma Leon, expressed concern about the high degree of self-medication among its peers. “The only trained professionals to prescribe or recommend a medicine are doctors and pharmacists, nurses will be the responsibility of educating patients and society in general and that is the message we want to give through this study,” Tenth said.



“When you know the cause of pain, you run the risk of taking a drug that allays the symptoms, but there is an illness that runs its process, and was not being treated. Then you can be worse, because it spends more money and more time is lost, “said Orellana.
“The pace of modern life requires us to always be well; operate at all times comply with various commitments at a time. We believe this is one of the main reasons why a person suffering a pain not tolerate. Furthermore, the influence of television advertising and other means to sell some drugs as the solution to all problems, “said Almaraz.
The report includes data that give the pattern of self-medication is a widespread trend. According to INDEC, the last year, Argentines consumed 6 million of aspirin per day. It is estimated that by year sold 17 million blister packs, and 12 to 14 million containers of tranquilizers.
The College of Pharmacists of Buenos Aires said that only 8% of the drugs can be bought without a prescription, but reality shows that 30% of sales are made without prescription. Also, according to a study by the pharmaceutical Buenos Aires Gabriela Kreger, drugs most abused by Argentines are: aspirin (50%), amoxicillin (42%) and ibuprofen (38%).

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