Impacto da farmácia verde de Ipatinga – MG na redução das prescrições de Benzodiazepínicos em unidades de saúde pública.

Phytotherapy as a therapeutic alternative is the context of the study on Anxiolytic Herbal Medicines in the reduction of Benzodiazepine prescriptions (BZDs). The verification was developed from the analysis of the quantity dispensed with BZDs compared to the dispensing of anxiolytic Herbal Medicines from the Green Pharmacy of Ipatinga - MG. The data correspond to the dispensations, year-on-year from 2013 to 2019, in ten Health Units with phytotherapy. Clonazepam 2.5 mg/ml and Diazepam 10 mg are BZDs. Lavender Tincture, Chamomile, Holy Grass, Passion Fruit and Melissa; correspond to anxiolytic Herbal Medicines. From 2013 to 2017, the dispensation of anxiolytic herbal medicines increased by an average of 12.686% while BZD prescriptions reduced by an average of 6.957%. The trend was interrupted with the ban of the Green Pharmacy by the health surveillance, in August 2018. The objective is to verify the impact of anxiolytic Herbal Medicines in the reduction of BZDs prescriptions in Health Units with phytotherapy in Ipatinga - MG, within the Scope of SUS.