Consumption of medicines among adolescent students: a concern

Silva, Clécio Homrich da; Giugliani, Elsa Regina Justo

doi:10.2223/jped.1208

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Moreover, the prevalence of self-medication especially with NSAIDs in children and/or adolescents and young adults is very high in this region. 51,52 Similar to previous reports, 30,47 selective NSAID anaphylaxis accounted roughly for one-third of all NSAID anaphylaxis cases. Renaudin et al 47 found that 27% of the patients with severe anaphylaxis induced by NSAIDs were selective reactors, with one-third of these reactions attributed to unknown or uncertain mechanisms.…”

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confidence: 85%

Drug-Induced Anaphylaxis in Latin American Countries

Járes

Baena-Cagnani

Sánchez‐Borges

et al. 2015

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Drug-Induced Anaphylaxis in Latin American Countries

Járes

Baena-Cagnani

Sánchez‐Borges

et al. 2015

The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

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“…Female gender and concurrent chronic health conditions were associated with more frequent use of analgesics. Our finding confirms the influence of gender reported in selected studies [ 23 , 46 ], yet contradicts others [ 11 , 20 , 26 ], and may actually reflect female management of menstrual pain [ 5 , 47 ], or the population recruited into this study. Alternatively, the societal construct around self-acknowledgement of pain and associated stigma has been postulated as a reason for this, with males not taking analgesics in order to ‘tough it out’ [ 5 ].…”

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confidence: 80%

What Do Young Adults Think about the Safety of Over-the-Counter Analgesics? Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey

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Analgesics are commonly used over-the-counter (OTC) medicines readily available for purchase, sometimes without advice of a health professional. However, analgesics can cause harm even when taken according to dosing recommendations. Young adults may be more vulnerable to harm if they perceive low risk with OTC analgesic use, or struggle to interpret dosing instructions. This study aimed to explore factors affecting how young adults use OTC analgesics and associated perceptions of safety. An online survey was distributed to school-leavers and university students (17 to 25 years), in South-East Queensland, Australia, in the period November–December 2019. Most of the 302 respondents (school-leavers n = 147, university students n = 155) did not use analgesics frequently. School-leavers deferred to parents for analgesic information, while university students preferred the internet. The majority of respondents appeared safety conscious and did not take outside indicated use or instructions. However, a small proportion reported taking analgesics for an inappropriate indication. The difference in preferred source of analgesic information may reflect experience with analgesic use, increasing autonomy or decreased parental influence. Whilst it is encouraging that the majority of young adults appeared safety conscious, greater insight is needed into factors influencing decision making on OTC use, e.g., medicines knowledge, and changes with increasing age.

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“…Furthermore, during the last 2 decades there has been an increase in the consumption of pain-relieving medicine among adolescents that is not because of an increase in pain symptoms [5][6][7]. Inappropriate use of painrelieving medicine is a concern because use of pain-relieving medicine is widespread and may have adverse health effects, for example, medicine-induced headaches [8][9][10].…”

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