title: [Family pharmacy: survey of a sample of patients in Midi-Pyrénées].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Possession of drugs at home in the family pharmacy and self-medication are at risk.
  
  
  METHODS
  Appraisal based upon an analysis of 247 questionnaires completed by patients and 116 questionnaires completed by general practitioners in the French department of Haute Garonne (Southwestern, France).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two hundred and forty-four patients were involved in the study. In 80% of cases, women were in charge of family pharmacy who was located in 66% of cases in a unsecurise room and could be reached by children in 17% of cases. Drugs most frequently found: antiseptics (97%), paracetamol (91%), anti-inflammatory drugs (68%), anti-diarrhea (60%). For the physicians 52 useable questionnaires, 80% of physician were confronted with one of three risks: self-medication, drug autolysis, poisoning in children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women are the referent of the family pharmacy. The doctors seem best placed to a message of prevention through minimal advice.
authors.affiliation: Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Faculté de Médecine de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. m.bismuth@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oustric
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Escourrou
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brillac
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mesthe
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arlet
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Montastruc
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012651:Self Medication / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014930:Women