Consumption of Analeptics and Energizing Drinks to Improve Academic Performance in Students from First to Third Level of the Career of Medicine

Abstract

Abstract Central nervous system stimulant drugs are frequently used by college students as factors to alleviate fatigue, maintain wakefulness, and stimulate cognitive abilities, which has become a problem because the physical or emotional consequences that may occur are not considered. produce. At the time of marketing these products they do not keep any type of control, it is freely distributed to the general public. Objective: to analyze how the consumption of analeptics and energy drinks affects the academic performance of students. Methods: An explanatory, cross-sectional, quantitative-qualitative study was carried out, to obtain data, the survey was applied to first to third level students of the Medicine School of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (ESPOCH). Results: From the compilation of the information it can be determined that 65% of the students use stimulants to increase their performance, without considering the consequences such as palpitations, insomnia, headache, tremor, vomiting, gastrointestinal discomfort as well as affections to different organs and body systems. Bottom Line: The cognitive effects of stimulants commonly bring about changes in performance by accelerating the production of dopamine in the brain, which is a neurotransmitter that is related to attention, pleasure, memory and performance. Adverse effects can vary from mild to very serious, causing irritability, headache, arrhythmias, hypertension, dizziness, and lesser degrees such as difficulty in bowel movement, itching or skin rash, among others.

Keywords

• analleptic, stimuli, effects, academic performance.