Study of sanitary irregularities related to the medicines merchandizing

Gomes, Rafaelli de Souza; Costa, Wana Lailan Oliveira da; Carrera, Jackeline de Souza; Oliveira, Lindete dos Reis; Maia, Cristiane do Socorro Ferraz

Objective:

identify the irregular sale of drugs by hawkers and peddlers on the streets of Belém(PA) from January 2009 to June 2010.

Method:

an observational retrospective study wascarried out by means of data collection collected at the Department of Health Surveillance(Devisa) in Belém-PA. Data had been acquired through 24 Writs of Seizure and Sale (WSS)yielded by the DEVISA, where 18,334 seized medicines had been entered.

Results:

it wasobserved that of the 24 WSS´s, 58% referred to the peddlers and 42% to the ambulant ones(hawkers). Amongst 18,334 medicines used in this analysis, 13,306 were in possession of 2peddlers and only 5,028 were under control of 7 hawkers. The place with the highest incidenceof irregular sale was the Cabanagem Fair with 73% of drugs seized. The pharmacological groupmost illegally commercialized was the anti-inflammatory one, as well as among the five moreseized medicines the most found were the Diclofenac Sodium and Diclofenac Potassium (59%).Through a series of half-yearly balance sheet, it became evident that the number of half-yearlyraids increased with decreasing of the quantity of confiscated drugs.

Conclusion:

this studydemonstrates the risk that the population is exposed to through the possibility of irrational use ofmedicines, especially anti-inflammatories. The importance of other papers in this area is pointedout to determine the effectiveness of repression actions to the illegal medicines commerce, andin this way, to promote improvements in the planning of the health surveillance actions.

BVS IEC

Instituto Evandro Chagas

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