Prescription of herbal medicines in primary health care in Brazil and the contribution of phytotherapeutic memento to prescribing professionals

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos, Monica Regina Guimarães
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Rezende, Mayara de Azeredo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Fitos
• Texto Completo: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/794
• topic: Phytotherapeutic memento; Prescribing professionals; Phytotherapy; Primary care; Memento fitoterápico; Profissionais prescritores; Fitoterapia; Atenção Primária de Saúde no Brasil.

The introduction of herbal medicines in primary health care in Brazil (PHC) required tools that aid rational and safe use, such as Phytotherapeutic Memento. However, few are the reports of success on this important tool by prescribing professionals in PHC. The aim of this study was analyzing the contribution of Phytotherapeutic Memento to prescribing professionals in PHC. A literature review was performed in databases related to the subject. The studies demonstrate that there is a low adherence regarding the prescription of herbal medicines in the PHC, although there is the phytotherapeutic memento to aid in prescription. These shortcomings may be related to the lack of knowledge and discouragement of health professionals due to the budget deficit of the primary health care in Brazil and the non-insertion of phytotherapy knowledge already in undergraduate courses. The inclusion of Phytotherapeutic Memento in the practice of clinical phytotherapy is of fundamental importance as it serves as a tool to make feasible, facilitate the prescriptions of herbal medicines, and can positively reflect the increase of prescriptions by prescribing professionals.