Reacciones adversas más comunes en adultos mayores con diagnóstico de artritis reumatoidea provocados por altas dosis de antiinflamatorio no esteroideos.

Abstract

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are a class of drug most consumed in the world to treat pain, inflammation and fever due to their anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic action. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic polyarticular inflammatory disease of the synovial membrane with a high prevalence rate in adults, with more cases in women. Adverse reactions are unintended responses of a drug depending on the dose of the pharmacological treatment of the disease, prophylaxis and diagnosis even in the restoration or modification of the functions of the organism. Among the most frequent adverse reactions caused by high doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis, they are of the gastrointestinal, dermal, nervous system and renal types. The degree work was used a descriptive methodology, through the review of scientific articles that support the safety of the work with high-impact bibliographies, which will base the answers to the questions posed in our case. The bibliographic research of this work was based on determining the adverse drug reactions caused by high doses of AINES in elderly patients with a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis, concluding that the most common RAM range from headache, nausea, vomiting and allergic reaction with a classification of mild severity and type of intensity A and B, and likewise, through a patient education program to provide quality pharmaceutical care, promoting the rational use of medication, correct ways of eating and lifestyle changes.