We carried out the analysis of drugs administered, knowledge, motives and justifications of parents and/or guardians in relation to self-medication in children. It is a descriptive study, developed in Estratégia de Saúde da Família in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, which includes parents and/or guardians of children aged zero to five years, in the period one month, reaching the amount of 50 individuals. The highlights were the self administration of drugs Dipyrone, Paracetamol and syrups expectorants, erroneous knowledge 32 (64%), followed by partial 11 (22%) and correct 7 (14%), respectively, the symptoms of fever with 29 (58%) of the reasons and justification that they are accustomed to administer such drugs and they already have them at home. It is necessary to implement strategies focused in educate parents and/or guardians about the problems arising from self-medication.
Medication Errors; Self Medication; Child; Nursing; Family
