O uso prolongado de benzodiazepínicos: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Benzodiazepines are some of the most widely used drugs in the world and in Brazil, and its use is growing more each day, especially among adults and the elderly. Even knowing the side effects caused due to prolonged use of benzodiazepines, health professionals, physicians, conduct indiscriminate prescription of these drugs, becoming a major challenge that the Strategy of Family Health faces in the daily lives. And this is a problem that involves the health team, the family and the user; also being influenced by family and social reality in which the patient is inserted. Unpreparedness of health professionals and the lack of knowledge on the part of the benzodiazepine users are contributing factors to the spread of the drug. Faced with this situation, this study makes a revision of literature on benzodiazepines, and the profile of patients who use this medication for the purpose of creating strategies care that reduce the dependence of drug users in the benzodiazepine Family Health Strategy.