Plano de ação para intervir no uso indiscriminado de antidepressivos e benzodiazepínicos na Unidade Básica de Saúde Tito José no municipio de Morada Nova de Minas - MG

Abstract

Benzodiazepines became available from the 1960s and, since then, are among the most prescribed psychotropics. In Brazil, it is the third most commonly prescribed class of drugs, 2 and 5.6% of the population has used them in life (against 8.3% in the United States). Fluoxetine is currently the most prescribed antidepressant in Brazil and worldwide, there is some evidence that they may act in promoting weight loss for several months after initiation of therapy. This feature could be one of the driving factors of this high consumption Upon situational diagnosis of Health team Family Uncle Joseph was evidenced the high demand for care in the mental health field, many of them involving the prescription and renewal of benzodiazepines and antidepressants without an established nosological diagnosis and longitudinal follow-up. The team participated in the analysis of the issues raised and considered at the local level have human and material resources to make an Intervention Project. Thus was created an Action Plan in order to address the abuse of benzodiazepines and antidepressants in Tito Joseph Health Unit in the Municipality of Morada Nova de Minas / MG.