Objectives: Analyze health lawsuit processes related to civil rights violation of elderly people in view to requests of pharmacological treatment. Methods: Qualitative as well as quantitative, descriptive, retrospective and documental study. Descriptive, percentage frequency and of the assumptions of the thematic con-tents. All ethical principles have been applied. Processes referred to 2016 and 2017 were investigated from data base registers from the local general attorney office, in 2018, in Araraquara town, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Results: The referred town has approximately 250 thousand inhabitants from which 16% are elderly. Among all 536 processes, 257 (48%) referred to requests for pharmacological treatment; 211 (82.1%) for medications, and 46 (17.9%) for medications and additional materials such as food supplies and others. Women related processes (141; 54.9%) resulted in larger number as compared to the corresponding men quantity of processes (116; 45.1%). The median age was 73 years for both genders, mostly married and with 4 years of schooling. The requested medications are related to treatment for: diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, neoplasms and macular degeneration. Conclusion: The elderly health guarantee system is fragile. Actions that can strengthen and enhance the present health system should be implemented as indicated by the World Health Organization: aligning actions and levels of health care, developing long-term ca-re actions and investing in creating more favorable environments; controlling and monitoring. Keywords: Aging; Civil Rights; Legal Services.