Uso de benzodiazepínicos na Estratégia de Saúde da Família Iporanga, em Sete Lagoas/ MG: projeto de intervenção

Abstract

Benzodiazepines are medications indicated for anxiety reduction, sedation, muscle relaxation, anterograde amnesia and anticonvulsant effect, and when inadequately prescribed, cause negative side effects, among them chemical dependence and memory changes. There are a large number of patients who have used benzodiazepines for a long time, without medical reevaluation, occurring only transcription of recipes to obtain the drug, attended by the Iporanga Family Health Strategy in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais. This is a worrying fact for the team, who, in consensus, proposes to elaborate an intervention project that allows the gradual withdrawal of benzodiazepines from patients and / or their substitution by more appropriate drugs or other forms of therapies. The methodology used initially was the situational diagnosis that allowed to raise all the problems experienced by the community among them the use of benzodiazepines without going through the medical evaluation simply by the exchange of revenues. The team, after discussions, elaborated an intervention plan, using what is advocated by Strategic Situational Planning (SSP). It was necessary to carry out a bibliographical research, through electronic websites and descriptors in health sciences, on the subject to subsidize the elaboration of the work. It is expected, with the implementation of the intervention plan, that patients stop using benzodiazepines and use drugs with fewer side effects or other alternative therapies.