Introduction:

Emergence of new psychopharms and psychiatric diagnoses has led to greater medication in psychiatry, becoming one of the most used drugs groups.

Objective:

To determine the consumption of psychotropic drugs in the Pharmacy Service of a Mendoza Hospital in outpatients.

Methodology:

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study, of the indication-prescription type was performed. 1,620 prescribed drugs were analyzed, corresponding to from 509 prescriptions in outpatients, with at least one psychoactive drug, on a total of 11,082 medications, for 17 days (June 2018). Data collected: socio-demographic data, diagnostics and prescribed medications. Medications and diagnoses were classified according to the anatomical Therapeutic Chemical and International Disease classifications, respectively.

Results (%):

Sex: F (60), M (39). Age (years): 0-15 (6.4), 16-65 (85), over 65 (6). The most prescribed pharmacological groups were: benzodiazepines (18.9), antipsychotics (9.2) and antidepressants (8). Diagnoses: mental and behavioral disorders (63); nervous system diseases (12); diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (8); symptoms, signs and clinical and laboratory findings, not classified elsewhere (4,5). Drugs: food tract and metabolism (10); blood and blood forming organs (2); cardiac stimulants (10) and nervous system (63).

Conclusion:

Most frequent diagnoses: depression, epilepsy and pain. There is a significant association between anxiety and female sex. Antiepileptics and psycholeptics were the most dispensed drugs. The pharmacist's role is fundamental in the monitoring of prescriptive behaviors and care of therapeutic tools.

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