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The use of herbal medicines or drugs without professional prescription is a recurrent practice in several regions of Brazil. This action generates risks to the user, such as intoxication, masking of disease symptoms and important pharmacological interactions. The objective of this study was to analyze the profile of phytotherapeutic and drug use, without professional prescription, among residents of the municipality of Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Thus, a field survey was carried out through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire in the Likert scale model to 180 residents. The majority were women (80%), the predominant marital status were married (56%) and 44% were 49 years of age or older. It was observed that the target population has a low level of knowledge about self-medication, besides a constant consumption of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs without prescription. In addition, respondents do not have the habit of questioning health professionals, increasing of the self-medication. Therefore, health education actions are necessary in order to clarify the population, the change of habits in this practice, in search of a better quality of life.   Key words: Self-medication, medicinal plants, plant-drug interactions.

Use of phytoterapics and medicines without professional prescription in a municipality Potiguar, Brazil