Interações medicamentosas encontradas em prescrições em uma unidade básica de saúde de Ferraz de Vasconcelos, SP, Brasil

Drug interactions occur with the indiscriminate and excessive use of drugs. However, this could result in efficient therapy or adverse reactions with different degrees of severity. This work aimed to acquire drug interactions data, obtained through medical prescriptions. 50 medical prescriptions dis...

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Autores principales: Queiroz, Ariane C., Ferrarini, Márcio, Fernandes, João P.S.
Formato: Articulo Comunicacion
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/7912
http://www.latamjpharm.org/resumenes/29/2/LAJOP_29_2_2_7.pdf
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Sumario:Drug interactions occur with the indiscriminate and excessive use of drugs. However, this could result in efficient therapy or adverse reactions with different degrees of severity. This work aimed to acquire drug interactions data, obtained through medical prescriptions. 50 medical prescriptions dispensed in the Ferraz de Vasconcelos city has been analyzed. Drug interactions were found in 70% of the prescriptions. The interactions were classified according its risk index, being 45.71% of the interactions for index B, 51.43% index C, 2.86% index D. Interactions with index X were not found. It was possible to conclude the majority of the observed interactions need therapy control, and pharmaceutical care is one of the tools to avoid these events.