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A Montaño Alonso1, J Torelló Iserte, J R Castillo Ferrando
1Unidad de Farmacología Clínica y de Farmacovigilancia, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla.
Objective:
To find how users identified non-steroidal analgesic/antipyretic/anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and their adverse reactions, as well as where the prescriptions were obtained and where users inquired when in doubt.
Design:
An observation study carried out by means of a structured questionnaire administered to 174 residents in our basic health area.
Setting:
Cerro del Aguila Basic Health Area in Sevilla.
Participants:
The 174 residents, chosen at random, by quotas corresponding to the Census' demographic characteristics. People under 15 were excluded.
Measurements And Main Results:
32.2% had no spontaneous memory of having taken any NSAID: 86.8% did not remember any possible adverse reaction to medication. Only 49.3% of the NSAID declared were prescribed by a doctor. 17.8% took NSAID daily and 5.7% took more than one medicine containing NSAID every day.
Conclusions:
In our health area, health education, both to identify NSAID as a pharmacological group and any possible adverse reactions, needs to be strengthened.
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