Vilarino J F, Soares I C, da Silveira C M, Rödel A P, Bortoli R, Lemos R R
Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS-Brasil.
Rev Saude Publica. 1998 Feb;32(1):43-9. doi: 10.1590/s0034-89101998000100006.
The characterization of drug users, especially as regards self-medication and the determination of its prevalence in the population studied.
About 413 people that had used drugs in the previous month were interviewed.
From the interviewed, 69.9% used medicines and of those 76.1% were self medicated. Headache (28.8%) was the main complaint among the self-medicated group. Acetilsalicilic acid was the most frequently used medicine (25.4%). As regards the drugs utilized, 51.2% of the users had received a recommendation from a third party and 51.7% used old prescriptions, given in previous consultations.
Age, schooling and absence of periodic medical consultation were significant statistical factors in self-medication.
对吸毒者进行特征描述，特别是关于自我药疗及其在所研究人群中的患病率测定。
对约413名在前一个月使用过毒品的人进行了访谈。
在接受访谈者中，69.9%使用过药品，其中76.1%为自我药疗。头痛（28.8%）是自我药疗组的主要主诉。乙酰水杨酸是最常使用的药物（25.4%）。关于所使用的毒品，51.2%的使用者曾收到第三方的推荐，51.7%使用以前会诊时开具的旧处方。
年龄、受教育程度和缺乏定期医疗会诊是自我药疗的重要统计学因素。
