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

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.