Potential drug interactions in relation with the use, medicine plants and herbal in premenopausal women period

Abstract

Objective: To identify the potential interactions resulting from the use of medicinal plants and herbal concomitant with medicine used by menopausal women. Method: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study of 87 climacteric women receiving care at Family Health Strategies VII and VIII of the city of Ijuí/RS and that are part of institutional research "Multidimensional study of women in the aging process". Results: Of the 87 women studied, 55 used at least one medicinal plant and nine women used at least one concomitant herbal medicinal products, a total of 26 women exposed to interactions between plants and medicines and six women exposed to interactions between herbal medicines and medicines. Conclusion: The study revealed high exposure to interactions resulting from the use of medicinal plants and herbal with medicines in the users of the Unit Health System in the city and the monitoring of the use of these products by health professionals is necessary.