Pharmaceutical Care Program for the Rational Use of Drugs in the Elderly Users of a Basic Health Unit in the Sao Paulo State, Brazil

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Obreli Neto, Paulo R. [1 ]
Cuman, Roberto K. N. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Estadual Maringa, Dept Farm & Farmacol, BR-87020290 Maringa, Parana, Brazil
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LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY | 2010年 / 29卷 / 03期
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Elderly; Pharmaceutical care; Rational use of drugs; Unified health system; INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATION USE; MEDICINES;
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R9 [药学];
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"Pharmaceutical Care Program for the Rational Use of Drugs in the Elderly Users of a Basic Health Unit in the Sao Paulo State, Brazil". In this study it was evaluated the impact of a pharmaceutical care program about the rational use of drugs by elderly in Basic Health Unit of a Center-West city in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The prospective study was carried out in 106 elderly patients aged over than 60 years. The data obtained showed that the pharmaceutical care program promoted a significant decrease in the following parameters: the number of drugs used per patient, the self-medication practice, the use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) and the drug-related problems (DRP). Indeed, it was observed an increased of prescribed drugs concerned to the recommended essential medicines list of WHO and RENAME. We concluded that the pharmaceutical care program promoted an improvement in the rational use of drugs.
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