Relato de experiência: uso abusivo de psicofármacos com enfoque em antidepressivos

Abstract

In early 2009, a Family Health Team detected an abusive use of psychotropic drugs, especially antidepressants, Petunia District in Nova Resende – MG. It was found that this sort of medication used to be prescribed without a medical consultation. As the team had been afraid of performing an iatrogenic practice, it decided to investigate this problem and take reasonable precautions. We decided to refer all patients who had been using psychotropic drug to a specialist. We asked him to assess the patients’ conditions and write a medical report containing diagnosis, date for the next consultation, prescribed medications and provided treatment. For months we have had this procedure, and after a year of its inception, the team did a comparison using data from 2009 and 2010. We considered age and gender of users, class of drugs and used quantity. This paper presents a report of this initiative performed by the Family Health Program of Petunia to decrease use of antidepressants.