背景:关于非处方药(OTC)药物滥用的公众关注在各国迅速增长。OTC药物滥用严重影响身心,如中毒症状,通常需要专门的治疗。相比之下,人们担心可能滥用OTC药物的人,其症状严重程度不足以咨询医疗机构或药物成瘾康复中心,但将来有很高的药物依赖风险。
目标:消费者生成媒体(CGM),允许用户传播信息,正在被滥用(和那些试图滥用)OTC药物的人用来获取有关OTC药物滥用的信息。本研究旨在分析CGM的内容,以探讨潜在滥用OTC药物的人的问题。
方法:这项研究的主题是Yahoo!Chiebukuro,日本最大的问答网站。使用OTC药物滥用中常用的药物名称和关键词过量和OD进行了搜索,并统计了有关OTC药物滥用内容的问题数量。此外,通过提取滥用最多的镇咳和祛痰药物的文本数据进行主题分析,布伦。
结果:与其他产品名称相比,关于包含关键词BRON的过量药物含量的问题数量急剧增加。此外,从BRON的528项文本数据中获得了符合资格标准的467项问题数据;26个代码,6类,这些项目中包含的578个问题产生了3个主题。有人询问了他们从滥用非处方药中获得的效果以及获得他们所寻求的效果所需的信息,以及虐待对他们身体的影响。此外,有关于如何停止虐待的问题,以及如果他们变得依赖,在寻求医疗保健提供者的帮助时需要什么。很明显,滥用OTC药物的人很难与他人面对面咨询,CGM被用作匿名获取必要信息的手段。
结论:关于CGM,滥用或试图滥用OTC药物的人正在询问他们对滥用的期望和焦虑。此外,当他们变得依赖时,他们寻求建议停止虐待。CGM用于交换有关OTC药物滥用的信息,并发布了许多关于焦虑和犹豫的问题。这项研究表明,有必要制作和传播有关OTC药物滥用的信息,考虑到滥用或愿意滥用OTC药物的人的情况。药房和药店的支持对于减少OTC药物滥用的机会也至关重要。
BACKGROUND: Public concern with regard to over-the-counter (OTC) drug abuse is growing rapidly across countries. OTC drug abuse has serious effects on the mind and body, such as poisoning symptoms, and often requires specialized treatments. In contrast, there is concern about people who potentially abuse OTC drugs whose symptoms are not serious enough to consult medical institutions or drug addiction rehabilitation centers yet are at high risk of becoming drug dependent in the future.
OBJECTIVE: Consumer-generated media (CGM), which allows users to disseminate information, is being used by people who abuse (and those who are trying to abuse) OTC drugs to obtain information about OTC drug abuse. This study aims to analyze the content of CGM to explore the questions of people who potentially abuse OTC drugs.
METHODS: The subject of this research was Yahoo! Chiebukuro, the largest question and answer website in Japan. A search was performed using the names of drugs commonly used in OTC drug abuse and the keywords overdose and OD, and the number of questions posted on the content of OTC drug abuse was counted. Furthermore, a thematic analysis was conducted by extracting text data on the most abused antitussive and expectorant drug, BRON.
RESULTS: The number of questions about the content of overdose medications containing the keyword BRON has increased sharply as compared with other product names. Furthermore, 467 items of question data that met the eligibility criteria were obtained from 528 items of text data on BRON; 26 codes, 6 categories, and 3 themes were generated from the 578 questions contained in these items. Questions were asked about the effects they would gain from abusing OTC drugs and the information they needed to obtain the effects they sought, as well as about the effects of abuse on their bodies. Moreover, there were questions on how to stop abusing and what is needed when seeking help from a health care provider if they become dependent. It has become clear that people who abuse OTC drugs have difficulty in consulting face-to-face with others, and CGM is used as a means to obtain the necessary information anonymously.
CONCLUSIONS: On CGM, people who abused or tried to abuse OTC drugs were asking questions about their abuse expectations and anxieties. In addition, when they became dependent, they sought advice to quit their abuse. CGM was used to exchange information about OTC drug abuse, and many questions on anxieties and hesitations were posted. This study suggests that it is necessary to produce and disseminate information on OTC drug abuse, considering the situation of those who abuse or are willing to abuse OTC drugs. Support from pharmacies and drugstores would also be essential to reduce opportunities for OTC drug abuse.