Necesidades de aprendizaje sobre drogadicción en médicos generales integrales venezolanos de Lara (2007)

introduction: the drug addictions are a health problem that in some developed countries overtakes in morbility and almost to achieve the lethality to cardiovascular and oncologic diseases. objective: to identify the level of knowledge on drug addiction in venezuelan integral general physicians working in popular consulting rooms of iribarren municipality in lara state, venezuela. methods: a retrospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted from december, 2006 to june, 2007. study universe included 46 physicians working in consulting rooms of this municipality. to data collection a survey was applied previous informed consent. absolute numbers and percentages were used as a measure by each variable used. results: there was predominance of 28 physicians with a 6 and 10 years working experience for a 60.9 %. total of physicians recognized as drugs the marihuana, heroin and cocaine. all declared that only the ill patient must to receive priority; also, the was predominance of the criterion that the treatment must to be applied when the patient is hospitalized for a 56.6 %. the was an scanty experience on the management of these patients for a 91.3 % and the 100 % of polled persons declared its total knowledge of the existence of the drug addiction national program. conclusions: there is a scanty knowledge regarding the management of drug addiction in the primary health care; the needs of learning by venezuelan integral general physicians were identified.