Utilizaćion de fármacos para el tratamiento de dismenorrea primaria en estudiantes universitarias

Mario I. Ortiz; Nuri Pérez-Hernandez; Arturo Macías; Lourdes Carrillo-Alarcón; Eduardo Rangel-Flores; Eduardo Fernández-Martínez; Héctor Ponce-Monter

Utilizaćion de fármacos para el tratamiento de dismenorrea primaria en estudiantes universitarias

Translated title of the contribution: Drugs utilization for treating primary dysmenorrhea in university students

Mario I. Ortiz, Nuri Pérez-Hernandez, Arturo Macías, Lourdes Carrillo-Alarcón, Eduardo Rangel-Flores, Eduardo Fernández-Martínez, Héctor Ponce-Monter

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a multiple-choice questionnaire was applied to 230 university students to assess the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and drugs used to relieve it. The reported prevalence of dysmenorrhea was 70%. Only 24.8 % out of the dysmenorrheal women consulted a doctor, and the most common prescriptions were an over-the-counter drug with paracetamol, pamabrom and pyrilamine (Syncol®; 18.2%), metamizol plus butylhioscine (18.2%), naproxen (15.2%), ibuprofen (12.1%), indomethacin (9.1%) and butylhioscine (9.1%). Likewise, self-medication was practiced by 67.7% of the participant women, and the most common drugs used were Syncol® (44%), metamizol plus butylhioscine (22.9%), naproxen (10.1%), ibuprofen (7.3%) and paracetamol (6.4%). Our data suggest that dysmenorrheal women use numerous self-medicated drugs for pain but infrequently access formal medical care.

Translated title of the contribution	Drugs utilization for treating primary dysmenorrhea in university students
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	24-29
Number of pages	6
Journal	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Farmaceuticas
Volume	38
Issue number	4
State	Published - Oct 2007
Externally published	Yes

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