Drug contraceptive dispensation profile in a drugstore in southern minas gerais
International Journal of Development Research
Drug contraceptive dispensation profile in a drugstore in southern minas gerais
Received 11th September, 2022; Received in revised form 20th September, 2022; Accepted 20th October, 2022; Published online 30th November, 2022
Copyright©2022, Daniele Maria de Oliveira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: To evaluate the profile of dispensing contraceptives used by women in a drugstore in southern Minas Gerais. Methodology: Exploratory and descriptive field research. The chi-square test was used in the construction of confidence intervals (CI) for proportion and difference between two proportions, at the nominal level of 5% significance. Results: It was verified that the most frequent age group was 26 to 35 years (40.00%). When dealing with a medical prescription, 45 (73.77%) reported having been prescribed by the doctor. Regarding the time of use, 23 (37.70%) use 1 to 5 years. Of all the drugs analyzed, Depo - provera was® the only one to present significant side effects. Conclusion: Contraceptive use was more frequent in high school, 27 (44.26%), in relation to time of use, of 5 and 10 years, 4 (40.00%). Depo - provera® was the drug that presented significant side effects within the present study. In a total of 40 (88.89%) of 45, they had a side effect of the contraceptive used without a prescription and they are: Depo - provera®, Ciclo 21®, Contracep®, Iumi®, Mirena®, Nactali®, Nordette® e Tâmisa 20®.
