Evaluación del perfil y la causalidad del evento adverso relacionado con el uso de medicamentos a base de hierbas en pacientes de un ambulatorio público de fitoterapia

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i13.35302

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Causalidad; Terapias complementarias; Efectos secundarios y reacciones adversas relacionadas con medicamentos; Fitoterapia.

Resumen

Para evaluar el perfil y la causalidad de los eventos adversos relacionados con los medicamentos a base de hierbas de uso generalizado en Brasil, realizamos un ensayo clínico abierto, prospectivo, de antes y después con pacientes en una clínica ambulatoria especializada en medicina complementaria y alternativa. Los participantes fueron sometidos a pruebas de laboratorio antes y después del uso de los medicamentos, así como después de un período de suspensión en aquellos que experimentaron eventos adversos. La ocurrencia de eventos adversos y su severidad se verificaron de acuerdo con la escala de graduación de toxicidad de la OMS para determinar la severidad de los eventos adversos, y su causalidad se estableció a través del algoritmo de Naranjo. Cuarenta y dos sujetos participaron en el ensayo, de los cuales 25 experimentaron eventos adversos de toxicidad de grado 1, principalmente hiperamilasemia, y 14 continuaron experimentándolos después de la interrupción, principalmente hipomagnesemia. Los valores medios/medianos de las pruebas de laboratorio realizadas en cada fase estuvieron dentro de las especificaciones. El análisis estadístico de estos valores en pretratamiento y tratamiento (n=42) y en las fases de tratamiento y postratamiento (n=22) mostró significación estadística para el tiempo de tromboplastina parcial activada (p=0,020) en la primera correlación. El algoritmo de Naranjo estableció una posible relación causal entre el uso de fitoterápicos y los eventos adversos informados. Al señalar una baja probabilidad de ocurrencia, el algoritmo indica el uso seguro de estos medicamentos en las condiciones experimentales empleadas.

Biografía del autor/a

Hérica Núbia Cardoso Cirilo, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás

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05/10/2022

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CIRILO, H. N. C. .; CARNEIRO , D. M. .; PAULA, J. R. de .; CUNHA, L. C. da .; BARA, M. T. F. . Evaluación del perfil y la causalidad del evento adverso relacionado con el uso de medicamentos a base de hierbas en pacientes de un ambulatorio público de fitoterapia. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 13, p. e223111335302, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i13.35302. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/35302. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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