scholarly journals The importance of the rational use of medicines in pharmaceutical attention politics and the prevention of the population of self-medication

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
P. C. Fernandes ◽  
G. G. Faria ◽  
D. L. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Medical Diagnosis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Drug Related Problems ◽  
Virtual Library ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines ◽  
Care Policies ◽  
Improper Use

Improper use of medications and self-medication are public health problems due to drug interactions, intoxications and delay in medical diagnosis. The objective was to discuss the importance of the rational use of medicines in the pharmaceutical care policies and the pharmacist's action to prevent self-medication practices by the population. This is a literature review of scientific articles published between 2005 and 2015 in the databases and virtual library, Scielo, LILACS and BVS. Self-medication is practiced by the adult, the elderly, and the child, and anti-inflammatories and analgesics are the most commonly used medications. Self-medication is practiced by the adult, the elderly, and the child, and anti-inflammatories and analgesics are the most commonly used medications. Pharmaceutical care reduces drug related problems, contributing to rational use and reducing the practice of self-medication for the population.

scholarly journals Analysis of the pharmaceutical care activities practiced by private homeopathic pharmacies located in Rio de Janeiro North Zone

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (36) ◽  
pp. 229-230
Author(s):  
Daniele Osorio Pacheco ◽  
Tereza Aguiar
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Patient Trust ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Pharmaceutical Form ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Homeopathic Drugs

The complexity of homeopathic treatment delegates to the Pharmacist the need and the responsibility of pharmaceutical care. This paper had the objective of verifying the practices of pharmaceutical care in homeopathy. The study was conducted in homeopathic pharmacies situated in Rio de Janeiro North Zone, during March and April, 2011, where 15 pharmacists were interviewed, with the help of a semi-open questionary self-administered. For the survey were investigated variables related to pharmaceutical: sex, age, nature of the institution where he graduated, having completed post-graduate and working ties. Information professionals for the pharmaceutical care were collected in 14 questions grouped into three areas: attitudes, perceptions and satisfaction. Attending the ethical aspects, the study was submitted to and approved by the Ethics Committee of University Estácio de Sá. The results demonstrated that 33% of the pharmacists have less than 5 years of professional practice, and 53% are specialists graduated by the Hahnemann’s Institutite of Brasil. All Pharmacists claim to orient patients, mostly during dispensation and through phone contacts. Most pharmacists oriented patients passively and actively. The elderly were pointed as the ones, who most often sought orientation. During dispensation of homeopathic drugs, all patients elicit some orientation. 67% of the pharmacies keep material for pharmaceutical guidance to the patients, usually leaflets. The verbal and written orientation was predominanted on homeopathic pharmacist. Posology and instructions of use for the pharmaceutical form dispensed were described as the most common doubts of the patients. Of all pharmacists interviewed, 67% pointed to self-medication practices in the pharmacy. The questions which measure the position and perception of the pharmacists related to pharmaceutical assistance scored over 3. The question which scored higher was related to the patient trust regarding the pharmacist guidance. We concluded that there was a mobilization on the pharmacists side to overcome obstacles and focus on the patient through the practices of pharmaceutical care.

scholarly journals Automedicação: prática entre graduandos de enfermagem

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Waleria Bastos Nogueira ◽  
Damião Romero Firmino Alves ◽  
Gesualdo Gonçalves de Abrantes ◽  
Herbert Kauan Alves Martins ◽  
Andréa Mária da Cunha Lima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nonprescription Drugs ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Statistical Software ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines ◽  
Nursing Course ◽  
Final Consumer

RESUMO Objetivo: verificar a ocorrência da prática de automedicação entre acadêmicos de um curso de graduação em Enfermagem. Método: trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, exploratório e descritivo, realizado com 100 graduandos de Enfermagem por meio de um questionário, sendo a análise com o auxílio do software estatístico SPSS, versão 21.1. Apresentam-se os resultados em forma de tabelas. Resultados: constata-se que 99,0% dos investigados afirmaram praticar a automedicação, enquanto apenas 1,0% referiu nunca ter feito uso de medicamentos sem a prescrição de profissionais habilitados legalmente. Conclusão: verificou-se que a automedicação é uma prática comum entre os acadêmicos do curso de Enfermagem. Enfatiza-se, ainda, que o consumidor final não é o único culpado por esta situação, sendo necessárias, portanto, ações de promoção e educação em saúde na instituição pesquisada, com vista ao uso racional de medicamentos. Descritores: Automedicação; Enfermagem; Estudantes; Medicamentos sem Prescrição; Risco; Educação em Saúde.ABSTRACTObjective: to verify the incidence of the practice of self-medication among undergraduates from a Nursing Course. Method: this is a quantitative study, exploratory and descriptive, performed with 100 students by means of a questionnaire, being the analysis with the aid of the statistical software SPSS, version 21.1. Present the results in the form of tables. Results: it is noted that 99.0% of the investigated reported practicing self-medication, while only 1.0% reported never having made use of medications without a prescription of legally qualified professionals. Conclusion: we found that the self-medication is a common practice among nursing students. It also emphasizes that the final consumer is not the only guilty in this situation, being necessary; therefore, actions of promotion and education in health in the researched institution, with a view to rational use of medicines. Descriptors: Self-Medication; Nursing; Students; Nonprescription Drugs; Risk; Health Education.RESUMENObjetivo: verificar la existencia de la práctica de la auto-medicación entre académicos de un curso de pregrado en enfermería. Método: se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, exploratorio y descriptivo realizado con 100 estudiantes, por medio de un cuestionario, el análisis con la ayuda del software estadístico SPSS, versión 21.1. Presentados los resultados en forma de tablas. Resultados: se observó que el 99,0% de los investigados informó de practicar la automedicación, mientras que sólo el 1,0% reportó nunca haber hecho uso de medicamentos sin prescripción legal de profesionales cualificados. Conclusión: hemos encontrado que el medicamento es una práctica común entre los académicos del curso de Enfermería. También subraya que el consumidor final no es el único culpable en esta situación, siendo necesario, por lo tanto, acciones de promoción y educación en salud en la institución de investigación, con miras a la utilización racional de los medicamentos. Descriptores: Automedicación; Enfermería; Estudiantes; Medicamentos sin Prescripción; Riesgo; Educación en Salud.

scholarly journals Improving the Rational Use of Medicines by Assessing Antibiotic Consumption to Solve the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance in the Republic of Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Gulzira Zhussupova ◽  
◽  
Saule Zhaldybayeva ◽  
Aiym Skakova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Antibiotic Consumption ◽  
Policy Option ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Antibacterial Drugs ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines ◽  
The Republic

The aim. Develop policy options to improve the rational use of medicines by assessing antibiotic consumption to address antibiotic resistance in the Republic of Kazakhstan. We used the data of the Republican Center for Healthcare Development’s report on the assessment of the consumption of antibiotics in the Republic of Kazakhstan, purchased by the Single Distributor within the guaranteed volume of free medical care for 2019, in comparison with the period 2017-2018. Three policy options have been developed: 1. Improving the rational prescription and use of antibacterial drugs. 2. Raising awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance issues through information policy and increased training 3. Strengthening control of prescription dispensing of antibacterial drugs in pharmacies. For each policy option, measures are identified to achieve them, as well as possible barriers. A combined implementation of each policy option is necessary, as this issue requires a systematic approach. The implementation of all points of measures will contribute to ensuring the use of antibacterials rationally, according to strict therapeutic indications, with an individual selection of dosages and will exclude self-medication with antibiotics, which in turn will help prevent antibiotic resistance in the future and will give a chance for effective, high-quality and successful treatment of bacterial infections. Key words: medicines, systemic antibiotics, consumption of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, rational use of medicines, Kazakhstan.

scholarly journals The marketing research of the level of promoting the rational use of medicines by pharmacists in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
S. V. Zhadko ◽  
I. V. Pestun ◽  
N. P. Zavadska ◽  
N. M. Senkiv
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines ◽  
Marketing Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Aim. To conduct the marketing analysis of the frequency and causes of the irrational use of medicines according to the assessment of the Ukrainian pharmacists, participation of pharmacists in promoting the rational use of drugs, and identifying appropriate measures to improve the situation. Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, a survey of pharmacists from different regions of Ukraine was conducted, 420 questionnaires were selected and processed. Results. According to pharmacists, such types of the irrational use of drugs as false self-medication, polypharmacy, and the use of expensive drugs in the presence of cheaper alternatives are the most common in Ukraine. The most important reasons for this phenomenon are uncontrolled self-medication, the impact of advertising and the availability of many over-the-counter medicines. The Ukrainian pharmacists take certain measures to influence on the rational use of drugs: refusal to dispense medicines, supplement to the doctor’s prescription, correction of the duration of treatment, and others. When counseling pharmacy visitors the largest number of respondents provide information on the way, frequency and duration of taking a medication, the smallest part – recommendations for a healthy lifestyle or non-pharmacological recommendations for the treatment. The respondents consider compliance with the rules of dispensing prescription medicines, training and advanced training of pharmacists throughout their professional career, and limitation of excessive advertising of medicines as the most appropriate measures to promote the rational use of medicines. Conclusions. The results of the research reflect the peculiarities of the Ukrainian pharmacy practice regarding the participation of pharmacists in promoting the rational use of medicines. Key words: rational use of medicines; pharmaceutical care; pharmaceutical consulting; good pharmacy practice.

scholarly journals A importância da atenção farmacêutica como ferramenta para a promoção do uso racional de medicamentos em idosos que fazem uso de polifarmácia: uma revisão integrativa

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. e543101523560
Author(s):  
João Cláudio Costa e Silva ◽  
Renata Prado Silva Nogueira
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines

De acordo com projeções em todo o mundo, a população da faixa etária idosa tende a crescer nas próximas décadas. Com esse crescimento, o aparecimento de várias patologias paralelamente em um único paciente tende se tornar mais comum (perfil de multimorbidade) que é característico dessa faixa etária. Este processo, na maioria das vezes é acompanhado por um consumo de vários medicamentos de forma simultânea (polifarmácia), o que é alarmante, levando em consideração as alterações fisiológicas dos idosos, que levam a uma maior fragilidade e propensão a problemas relacionados a medicamentos. A Atenção Farmacêutica é uma saída assertiva para esse problema, através do acompanhamento clínico individualizado. Trata-se de um estudo de revisão integrativa de literatura, de caráter qualitativo, que reuniu dados que tratam da importância da Atenção Farmacêutica como ferramenta para o uso racional de medicamentos em idosos polifarmácia, utilizando os  principais bancos de dados como fontes, sendo eles: Pubmed, Scielo e LILLACS, onde foram utilizados e combinados os seguintes descritores: Atenção Farmacêutica, Polifarmácia, Idosos e Uso Racional de Medicamentos, e para o PubMed: Pharmaceutical Care and Polypharmacy and Rational Use of Medicines and Elderly.  Foram separados 79 artigos, dentre os quais, após leitura minuciosa, foram selecionados 17 para compor este trabalho. A literatura demonstrou que a presença de do farmacêutico realizando intervenções de Atenção Farmacêutica nesses idosos é de extrema importância na melhoria da qualidade de vida, farmacoterapia e na prevenção de eventos adversos, apontando o impacto e a multidimensionalidade dessas intervenções, trazendo também melhorias no que tange ao autocuidado.

scholarly journals Experience and perspectives of distance learning of pharmacists-interns in the system of continuous education

2019 ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Ya. O. GRYNKIV ◽  
O. М. ZALISKA ◽  
O. E. SICHKORIZ
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Interactive Video ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
New Drugs ◽  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines ◽  
On Line ◽  
Drug Technology

Modernization of the educational process at the postgraduate stage using modern computer technologies is extremely urgent. The purpose of the study was to analyze the experience of distance learning of pharmacists-interns at the department of Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, drug technology and pharmacoeconomics and to substantiate promising directions for conducting distance education of pharmacists. Methods – questioning, interviewing of pharmacists-interns, questionnaire development. A special questionnaire has been developed and the method of individual questioning has explored the possibilities of distance learning of the pharmacist-interns at the postgraduate stage. The questionnaire included the passport part: the age, the form of training of the pharmacist-intern, the former place of work; A special part on the questions blocks under study. A survey was conducted of 128 pharmacists-interns: 72 full-time study form and 56 people of external study form. The questioning was conducted by each individual pharmacist individually, so it can be considered independent. As a result of the survey, we found out that about 61% of the pharmacists-interns do not have previous experience in distance learning. However, 81.5% are ready to independently study the topics of interest to them on pharmaceutical topics: New drugs registered in Ukraine, rational use of medicines, pharmaceutical care and assistance, etc. 67% of the surveyed pharmacists-interns believe that knowledge control is better done after the development/study of each topic, and 33% is better at the end of the study of the thematic cycle. The optimal ways of conducting distance learning are established: two-way on-line interaction, publications on the educational program website, two-way interactive video. At the Department of the Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, the Technology of Medicines and Pharmacoeconomics, experience has been accumulated and a system for studying pharmacoeconomics has been created and activities conducted by the Ukrainian Department of UCOPOR. Considerable attention is paid to the use of information and communication technologies from pharmacoeconomics for distance learning on the basis of the home site from pharmacoeconomics (www.uspor.org.ua), and 6 instructional modules on pharmacoeconomics developed by teachers in cooperation with international specialists are available on the international website ISPOR in Ukrainian. Prospective directions of the further development of postgraduate education, taking into account the results of questioning of pharmacists-interns can be the development of distance learning technologies, which will be actively introduced both in the preparation of the pharmacists-interns, and for the pharmacists-trainees of the training cycles, thematic improvement. It is established that more than 80% of pharmacists-interns are ready to independently study the topics of interest to them on pharmaceutical topics: New drugs registered in Ukraine, rational use of medicines, Pharmaceutical care and assistance, Pharmaceutical cosmetology and Pharmaceutical legislation To control and evaluate the self-mastered material, 67% of interrogated interveners interviewed believe that it is advisable to conduct it after processing / studying each topic. It has been established that the optimal methods for conducting distance learning are: two-way on-line interaction, publications on the educational program site and two-way interactive video. Teachers of the Department of the Organization and Economics of Pharmacy, drug technology and pharmacoeconomics have developed a special distance learning program with pharmacoeconomics based on international modules, which is designed to provide knowledge and skills on the methodology of pharmacoeconomic research.

Redefining the “rational use of medicines”

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 100381
Author(s):  
Gorka Orive ◽  
Saioa Domingo-Echaburu ◽  
Unax Lertxundi
Keyword(s):  
Rational Use ◽  
Rational Use Of Medicines
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