A TENÇÃO FARMACÊUTICA NO USO DE BENZODIAZEPÍNICOS E OUTROS PSICOFÁRMACOS NO TRATAMENTO DE TRANSTORNOS DE ANSIEDADE E PÂNICO POR JOVENS ATUALMENTE NO MUNICÍPIO DE NOVA IGUAÇU

Abstract

Introduction: Anxiety disorders have been increasingly diagnosed in younger people, even in children, this disease has been observed over the years. Furthermore, the fact that it is a disease with possibly more than a hundred different symptoms makes the treatment for this problem even more delicate. Methodology: The pharmacological treatment must be properly explained, including the time it takes the drug for the patient to start noticing the effects, this can avoid a possible non-adherence to the treatment. Objective: This study aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of drugs to patients who care for anxiety disorders and alternatives to patients who are not this type of medication according to symptoms, based on database and literature. Results: It is noticed that benzodiazepines have a better efficacy in relation to panic disorders and its more physical symptoms, while serotonin reuptake inhibitors have an improvement in the psychological symptoms of anxiety. Conclusion: There is little information at the time of consultation, lack of clarification on the effects inherent to medications that lead to non-adherence to treatment.