[Prescription And Delivery's Survey Of Benzodiazepines In The Occurrence Of Addictions At Mbour's District].

UNLABELLED: Impact of the prescription and delivery of benzodiazepines in the occurrence of addictions in the district of Mbour.

INTRODUCTION

Benzodiazepines (BZD) are widely used nowadays and are at the origin of an addiction.

OBJECTIVES

The objective was to evaluate the quality of benzodiazepine prescribing and delivery in the Mbour department of Senegal and subsequently to implement an addictovigilance strategy. Thus, we studied the prescribing habits, the quality of delivery and identified the consumption habits of these drugs.

MATERIALS AND

METHODS

It was a cross-sectional, prospective study with two questionnaires: addressed to patients and prescribers, conducted in pharmacies, hospitals, districts and Mbour health posts.

RESULTS

44% of BZD prescriptions were prescribed by doctors and especially general practitioner. 31.1% did not comply with the rules of prescription (marketing authorization). As for the dispensing rules, (85.3%) were dispensed without a prescription. The level of consumption was high in the 30-40 age group (43.95%) predominantly female (59%). Insomnia predominated as a reason for prescription (16.4%) on anxiety (11.94%) with (65.5%) dependence.

CONCLUSION

The abuses observed in the prescription, the delivery and consumption of BZD, constitutes a real health problem. Half of the consumers become addicted, hence the need for a national addictovigilance program.