THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APP FOR REASONABLE BENZODIAZEPINES PRESCRIPTIONS.

Introduction and Objectives: Benzodiazepines (BZD’s) have significance in daily clinical practice because their distinct usefulness. They are prescribedas hypnotics, sedatives, anxiety drugs, muscle relaxants and anticonvulsants. Discovered incidentally in the 60’s,in the 70’s there has been an excessive and indiscriminate use .Considered by the time as a "happy pill", its use had become abusive. Facing this challenge ANVISA has created rules for their use and delivery. Even so, benzodiazepines today are among the five most frequently prescribed drugs. Frequently request for renewal of BZDs recipe in primary health care are evidence of abusive use and even dependency on these substances. Taking into consideration this problem, we intended to build a software for electronic gadgets (app for smartphones / tablets) that summarize skills essential for reasonable prescription of benzodiazepines in primary health care. Methodology: We conducted a non-systematic review about BZD pharmacology, clinical indications, risks and criteria for abuse/dependence using Scielo / BVS / BIREME databases and some reference books. The second step was to develop the app algorithms in such a way that we tried to build an easy-to-use app for medical doctors. Results and Conclusion: The app includes information about choose the best drug for each condition, their risks, drug alternatives in cases of anxiety, depression and sleeplessness, and guidelines for the treatment of addiction. We believe that the app can assist the doctor to access, in a practical manner in their daily basis, information required forefficientclinical managementof thiscommon problem inprimary health care.