TY  -  JOUR 
TI  - Condiciones de almacenamiento y desecho de medicamentos en hogares de una población universitaria de Cali, Colombia: Un estudio transversal
PB  - Universidad de Antioquia
PY  - 2013
issn 0121-4004
AB  - The  inappropriate  use  of  medicines  at  home  can  have  negative  consequences  on  health,  economy  
and environment. This misuse can be defined by inadequate storage, use of excessive amount of medi
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cine and its improper disposal. The family medicine cabinet tends to store the leftover medication from 
previous treatments, or medicine that improve and treat those feel sick of common occurrence (1). The 
antibiotics are among the most common medicines groups store at homes (1, 2), these medicines are the 
most self-medication, according to a study made with information provide by people from a Colombian 
University (3). Users report as causes of medicine accumulation at home, not enough health care interest 
in the individual and family, lack of empathy between physician and patient, and frequent changes in 
medical treatments (1).
In a search ended in June 2012, literature on this topic was not found in the department of Valle del 
Cauca, for this reason we undertook the present study, which provides information on medicine use at 
home taking as reference a part of the population at the university. Results are expected to serve as input 
for strategy planning to promote the appropriate use of medicines and to perform studies involving a 
larger sample of the population.
KW  - Ciencias  socio biomédicas
KW  - Medical sciences
KW  - Botiquín
KW  - Almacenamiento de medicamentos
KW  - Administración de medicamentos
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/78510
ER  -