O AUMENTO DO CONSUMO DE ÁLCOOL E DE BENZODIAZEPÍNICO: ALPRAZOLAM NO PERÍODO DA PANDEMIA DO COVID-19

Abstract

The article presents a survey of the effects that the social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic brought over time. The data collected was based on scientific articles and field research at a drugstore where the sale of the benzodiazepine Alprazolam had a high growth in its sales compared to the year before the pandemic. Social isolation was the starting point for mood disorders to take over many people, as their routines were radically changed in a sudden way. With several changes, the feeling of fear, anguish and sadness took over the large population, leading to an imbalance in mood, such as anxiety, depression and panic attacks, leading to an increase in alcohol consumption and causing a greater demand and use of anxiolytics for a better well being.