title: [Profile of exposure to medication among women of reproductive age attended in a Toxicologial Information Center].
abstract: The scope of this article is to analyze the epidemiological data relating to exposure to medication among women of reproductive age attended at a Toxicology Information Center. A study was conducted among women of reproductive age exposed to medication between 2007 and 2011. The variables relating to the patients, the occurrence and the medication involved were studied in a total of 777 notified cases. Data was collected from Aggravated Injury Notification System forms and processed on Epi Info for Windows software. The majority of the occurrences (90.5%) was intentional, 33.7% of theses incidents involved the intake of 2 or 3 types of drugs by the patients and the percentile of hospitalization was 35.6%. Drugs acting on the central nervous system were responsible for 59.9% of the incidents, and antidepressants (21.3%) and anti-epileptics (21.2%) were most commonly involved. The main factors associated with hospitalization were: delayed medical rescue after exposure, patients with higher education, ingestion of 2 or 3 types of drugs and exposure to anti-epileptics and antidepressants. Data from this study showed that exposure to medication is a serious health problem for women of reproductive age and it contributes to the increase in the number of hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Aplicada, Análise Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil, carina.cht@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Carina Harumi
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Takahama
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Aplicada, Análise Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brasil, carina.cht@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Conceição Aparecida
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Turini
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Londrina.
authors.forename: Edmarlon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Girotto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000506:poisoning*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs; D055553:Prescription Drugs