Silva, Júlio César Mendes eMoura, Elionara Felix de2022-07-132022-07-132022-06-28MOURA, Elionara Felix de. AUTOMEDICAÇÃO: os riscos que essa prática causa a saúde e a importância do farmacêutico na atenção farmacêutica. 2022. 40f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Farmácia), Departamento de Farmácia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2022.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/48487Introduction: Self-medication is a very common practice not only in Brazil, but also in other countries. It is characterized by the use of medicines without prescription, guidance or medical or dental monitoring, and can thus cause very serious damage to health. Objectives: The present work aims to identify the main drugs used, the factors that contribute to this practice, the risks it causes to health and highlight the importance of the pharmacist in guiding the rational use of drugs and pharmaceutical care. Methodology: This study is a literature review. The databases used to compose this research were: Google academics, Scielo, Pubmed, Lilacs and scientific journal of the ministry of health. Results: It was observed that there is a greater predominance of self-medication in the female population, aged up to 40 years and with a high level of education. The most used class of drugs were: analgesics, antipyretics, anti-inflammatories and antibiotics, among the most used drugs are dipyrone, paracetamol, acetylsalicylic acid, diclofenac and amoxicillin. Regarding the symptoms and factors that contribute to self-medication, headache, myalgia and colds stand out. Among the main factors are the fact that they already have experience with the drug, lack of time to go to an appointment and indication of family and friends. The risks of self-medication for the individual are the masking of diseases, hypersensitivity reactions, digestive bleeding, intoxication and in extreme cases it can lead to death. Conclusion: It is concluded that selfmedication is not only a public health problem, but also a cultural habit of taking medication without going through a consultation with a trained health professional. However, we emphasize the importance of the pharmacist, as he is a technical-scientific expert on the subject, it is essential to guide the population on self-medication, warning about the risks and thus minimizing and repairing the damage that this practice can cause.Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/br/AutomedicaçãoAtenção farmacêuticaIntoxicaçãoUso racional de medicamentosReações adversasbachelorThesis