TY - JOUR
T1 - Utilizaćion de fármacos para el tratamiento de dismenorrea primaria en estudiantes universitarias
AU - Ortiz, Mario I.
AU - Pérez-Hernandez, Nuri
AU - Macías, Arturo
AU - Carrillo-Alarcón, Lourdes
AU - Rangel-Flores, Eduardo
AU - Fernández-Martínez, Eduardo
AU - Ponce-Monter, Héctor
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Dysmenorrhea
KW - Prescription
KW - Prevalence
KW - Self-medication
KW - University students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37349003785&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1027-3956
VL - 38
SP - 24
EP - 29
JO - Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Farmaceuticas
JF - Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Farmaceuticas
IS - 4
ER -