Caracterização do perfil das intoxicações medicamentosas no Brasil, durante 2013 a 2016

Abstract

Drug intoxications are a major public health problem in Brazil. In view of this factor, the present study aimed to carry out a survey on the occurrence of cases of drug intoxication in Brazil in the period from 2013 to 2016. This is a documentary research that fits into the survey modality. With quantitative approach. The data used in the survey were obtained from the National System of Toxic-pharmacological Information (SINITOX). They were used as parameters to be analyzed to the following variables: region, age, sex, region, circumstance and clinical evolution. The data were organized in graphs and in tables, using Microsoft Excel 2010 as a resource. The results evidence that during the years of 2013 to 2016 the Southeast region of Brazil was where the greater number of drug intoxications. Children aged 1 to 4 years were the most affected. The female sex was the most affected by cases of intoxication registered drugs. In relation to the circumstances which lead to the development of intoxications, suicide appears first. And even with the risks presented by drug intoxications the most registered clinical evolutions corresponded to the cure. It should be noted that drug intoxications are a problem of wide that anyone who makes use of medicinal products is predisposed to such an eventuality, appropriate measures are taken to prevent them from coming to positively modify reality, reducing the number of cases evidenced by the research in Brazil.