O USO DE BENZODIAZEPÍNICOS ENTRE AS MULHERES NO CONTEXTO DA RAPS: uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

This study aims to carry out a literature review on the use of benzodiazepine drugs by women who are assisted in services offered by RAPS. To this end, a systematic literature review was carried out, raising scientific articles on the subject in the Scielo, Pepsic, Lilacs, Indexpsi and in periódicos Capes databases, which resulted in 10 works selected for analysis after applying the chosen criteria. Studies have shown that females are the ones who most use benzodiazepines, most start using them in late adulthood and early old age, and the number of women who start using it still in their youth is also quite relevant. Complaints of insomnia are the main motivators for the prescription of these drugs, which has dependence as one of its side effects, which makes us question the need for prescriptions. Chronic use is identified in many cases where women have been using the drug for many years, with an estimated treatment time of only 4 months. When analyzing the reasons that lead women to seek this type of treatment, most of the time there are socioeconomic and family-related problems. Unlike other psychoactive substances, the issue of benzodiazepines does not have a defined care strategy, demanding an instrumentation with modes of care from the perspective of Harm Reduction.