Brazilian Center of Information on Psychotropic Drugs, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Braz J Psychiatry. 2009 Sep;31(3):208-13. doi: 10.1590/s1516-44462009000300005.
To describe the recreational use of benzydamine, an anti-inflammatory drug, among street youth in Brazil.
a descriptive, cross sectional survey.
93 welfare services for the street youth in 27 Brazilian capitals.
2807 street youth, 10 to 18 years old.
demographic characteristics, drug use pattern (lifetime use, use in the past 30 days, frequency, and characteristics of use in the past month) and effects of benzydamine through the use of a questionnaire.
78 reported lifetime recreational benzydamine use (67 cases identified only in three capitals). Among the 30 respondents reporting drug use in the last month (the month preceding the survey), 66.7% (n = 20) used the drug on 4 or more days (in the month preceding the survey). The most frequently (50%) pleasure effects reported were hallucination and nonspecific sensory changes described as 'trips'. Unwanted effects were reported by 75% of respondents, they were especially nausea and vomiting (21.4%). In the majority of the cases, drug was obtained from drugstores without a medical prescription.
This study identifies the recreational use of benzydamine among street youth, mainly in the Northeast of Brazil, and also indicates the need for special controls on the dispensation of this substance.
描述巴西街头青年中抗炎药苯佐卡因的消遣性使用。
描述性、横断面调查。
巴西 27 个首府的 93 个街头青年福利服务机构。
2807 名 10 至 18 岁的街头青年。
人口统计学特征、药物使用模式（终身使用、过去 30 天使用、频率以及过去一个月的使用特征）和通过问卷调查评估苯佐卡因的作用。
78 人报告了苯佐卡因的终身消遣性使用（仅在三个首府发现了 67 例）。在过去一个月（调查前一个月）报告有药物使用的 30 名应答者中，66.7%（n=20）在过去一个月（调查前一个月）中有 4 天或以上的用药天数。报告最多的（50%）愉悦效应是幻觉和非特异性感觉改变，描述为“迷幻”。75%的应答者报告了不良影响，主要是恶心和呕吐（21.4%）。在大多数情况下，药物是从没有处方的药店获得的。
本研究确定了巴西街头青年中苯佐卡因的消遣性使用，主要在东北部，也表明需要对该物质的配药进行特别控制。
