Descarte de medicamentos do UDF: análise global

Abstract

Medicines are essential inputs for the preservation and care of life’s quality, being classified as waste of health services of group B, these may be a danger to public health and the environment, depending on its nature, whether it is corrosive, reactive, flammable and toxic. The exchange or interruption of drug treatment, supports the accumulation of drugs in your homes. As well, the easy access that the population must medicines, can lead to self-medication, causing the incorrect disposal of medicines, due to the lack of information that the population suffers. In this work, a global analysis of the drugs returned in the project that took place in the University Center of the Federal District _ UDF on the “Disposal of medicines: environmental and social awareness” was carried out. The research was carried out during the period from April 2017 to May 2018. There were 2,766 medications counted, and approximately 1.4kg, which did not present identification conditions. Exploring the characteristics of the medicines, such as: therapeutic class, pharmaceutical form, expiration date, medicines sold with prescription retention, free sample. In this way, it was possible to think about the probable risks and to present some factors that can lead to the incorrect disposal of medicines, such as the homemade pharmacy, the irrational use of medicines among others.