title: "Medicamentation" of society, non-diseases and non-medications: a point of view from social pharmacology.
abstract: This review presents the definition and goals of "social pharmacology", a new branch of clinical pharmacology, investigating relationships between drugs and society through the example of "medicamentation", defined as the use of drugs for social problems previously not requiring drug utilisation (ageing, smoking cessation, vigilance troubles, sleep synchronisation, loss of libido, etc.). The involvement of the different "actors" from our society (patients, physicians, pharmaceutical industries, clinical pharmacologists, regulatory agencies, etc.) in this phenomenon is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Médicale et Clinique, Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie, IFR INSERM 126, EA 3696 Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: T B Ngoundo
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Mbongue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sommet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pathak
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Montastruc
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects; D003256:Community Participation; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000639:trends*; D004358:Drug Therapy; D005544:Forecasting; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008019:Life Style; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D010819:Physician's Role; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000188:drug therapy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods