Uso de estimulantes entre estudantes: análise de questionário on line

Abstract

Currently, the students' routine is increasingly accelerated and intense. So, in search of being more productive and achieve better performance in their activities, they have used drugs inappropriately that stimulate the Central Nervous System (CNS). Thereby, the objective of this work is to identify the prevalence of the indiscriminate use of these CNS stimulants in students and analyze the associated factors through the online questionnaire created on the Google Forms platform and sent via social networks (mainly WhatsApp) to students. The form was answered by 203 participants from the five national regions (south, southeast, north, northeast and midwest). It was identified that 21.2% of respondents use or have used CNS stimulants, being that 62,8% of those who consume is female, same percentage of students in the biological / health. The most frequent period of use was ¨more the six months¨ (41,9%), and 79,0% say they have higher productivity in activities. The stimulant most used for cognitive improvement was Ritalin® (48,8%), followed by other licit stimulants not specified (32.6%), Vyvanse® (14,0%) and Ritalin LA® (4,6%). Already 53.5% use or have used stimulants without proper medical prescription. So, it is observed that students often look for ways to adapt to the heavy routine they lead.Thus, it is necessary to create policies for the prevention and awareness of use, like educational ways of alerting to possible short- and long-term consequences.