Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile

Background: Erectile dysfunction is a public health problem. Millions of men worldwide experience this condition, affecting their quality of life. Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, is the treatment of choice for erectile dysfunction. Aim: To study the characteristics of Sildenafil us...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Mennickent C,Sigrid, Zurita Z,Libna, Vega H,Mario, Villegas M,Guiljardy
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2005
Materias:	Impotence Prescriptions, drugs Sildenafil
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000600008
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:scielo:S0034-98872005000600008
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720050006000082005-08-26Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, ChileMennickent C,SigridZurita Z,LibnaVega H,MarioVillegas M,Guiljardy Impotence Prescriptions, drugs Sildenafil Background: Erectile dysfunction is a public health problem. Millions of men worldwide experience this condition, affecting their quality of life. Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, is the treatment of choice for erectile dysfunction. Aim: To study the characteristics of Sildenafil use among costumers of community pharmacies in Concepcion Chile. Material and methods: A structured interview about Sildenafil use was applied to subjects purchasing the drug in community pharmacies and that consented to participate. Results: One hundred thirty eight males were studied. Forty six percent of patients were fifty years old or older. Most (47.1%) used Sildenafil for one year or more and 60.5% had no adverse events. Among those experiencing side effects, headache was experienced by 38.9%, flushing by 16.6% and gastrointestinal effects by 16.7%. Ninety percent of patients had a good evaluation of the drug in terms of benefits and tolerance. Thirty two percent of the subjects, had diseases associated to erectile dysfunction. Among these, 45% had diabetes mellitus, 29.5% had hypertension, and 18.2% had prostatic diseases. In 54% of cases, the drug was prescribed by a physician. Twenty two percent of patients experienced changes in the effect of the drug when it was simultaneously used with other drugs or meals. Thirty four percent of patients used other drugs. Among these, 43.3% were using antihypertensives, and 26.7% were using antidiabetic drugs. Conclusions: Considering the elevated age and the number of associated disease of patients using Sildenafil, the use of the drug under medical prescription must be emphasized to avoid untoward effectsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.133 n.6 20052005-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000600008es10.4067/S0034-98872005000600008
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Impotence Prescriptions, drugs Sildenafil
spellingShingle	Impotence Prescriptions, drugs Sildenafil Mennickent C,Sigrid Zurita Z,Libna Vega H,Mario Villegas M,Guiljardy Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
description	Background: Erectile dysfunction is a public health problem. Millions of men worldwide experience this condition, affecting their quality of life. Sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor, is the treatment of choice for erectile dysfunction. Aim: To study the characteristics of Sildenafil use among costumers of community pharmacies in Concepcion Chile. Material and methods: A structured interview about Sildenafil use was applied to subjects purchasing the drug in community pharmacies and that consented to participate. Results: One hundred thirty eight males were studied. Forty six percent of patients were fifty years old or older. Most (47.1%) used Sildenafil for one year or more and 60.5% had no adverse events. Among those experiencing side effects, headache was experienced by 38.9%, flushing by 16.6% and gastrointestinal effects by 16.7%. Ninety percent of patients had a good evaluation of the drug in terms of benefits and tolerance. Thirty two percent of the subjects, had diseases associated to erectile dysfunction. Among these, 45% had diabetes mellitus, 29.5% had hypertension, and 18.2% had prostatic diseases. In 54% of cases, the drug was prescribed by a physician. Twenty two percent of patients experienced changes in the effect of the drug when it was simultaneously used with other drugs or meals. Thirty four percent of patients used other drugs. Among these, 43.3% were using antihypertensives, and 26.7% were using antidiabetic drugs. Conclusions: Considering the elevated age and the number of associated disease of patients using Sildenafil, the use of the drug under medical prescription must be emphasized to avoid untoward effects
author	Mennickent C,Sigrid Zurita Z,Libna Vega H,Mario Villegas M,Guiljardy
author_facet	Mennickent C,Sigrid Zurita Z,Libna Vega H,Mario Villegas M,Guiljardy
author_sort	Mennickent C,Sigrid
title	Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
title_short	Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
title_full	Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
title_fullStr	Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile
title_sort	características del uso de sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de concepción, chile
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2005
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000600008
work_keys_str_mv	AT mennickentcsigrid caracteristicasdelusodesildenafilenunamuestradepacientesaniveldefarmaciascomunitariasdeconcepcionchile AT zuritazlibna caracteristicasdelusodesildenafilenunamuestradepacientesaniveldefarmaciascomunitariasdeconcepcionchile AT vegahmario caracteristicasdelusodesildenafilenunamuestradepacientesaniveldefarmaciascomunitariasdeconcepcionchile AT villegasmguiljardy caracteristicasdelusodesildenafilenunamuestradepacientesaniveldefarmaciascomunitariasdeconcepcionchile
_version_	1718436209513988096

Características del uso de Sildenafil en una muestra de pacientes a nivel de farmacias comunitarias de Concepción, Chile

Ejemplares similares