Phytopharmacovigilance in the Elderly: Highlights from the Brazilian Amazon

Table 5

Characteristics of herbal medicine use reported by the elderly participants on the structured questionnaire. Macapá, Brazil, 2016-2017.

Characteristics	Structured questionnaire
	N
Origin of herbal medicines
Fairs or popular markets	95	51.6
Garden	68	37.0
Drugstore	21	11.4
Total	184	100
Presentations
Infusion/Tea	188	59.5
Plant extracts	87	27.5
Gel with plant ingredients	23	7.3
Oils	18	5.7
Total	316	100
Mode of administration
Oral	266	84.2
Topic	50	15.8
Total	316	100

Some herbal medicines, according to the self-report of the elderly, were obtained in more than one place according to availability.
The 316 herbal medicines used by the elderly were classified according to the mode of preparation (pharmaceutical form) and the route of administration according to the structured questionnaire.