The role of the pharmacist to control self-medication in adults

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Paulo Ricardo Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Moura, Jeniffer Felícia Guedes, Abreu, Clezio Rodrigues de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista JRG de Estudos Acadêmicos
• Texto Completo: http://revistajrg.com/index.php/jrg/article/view/464
• topic: Automedicação. Polifarmácia. Atribuições do farmacêutico.; Self-medication. Polypharmacy. Pharmacist duties.

Introduction: Self-medication is the choice and use of medicines to treat certain symptoms and diseases and is related to self-diagnosis. It presents a relationship with polypharmacy and implies harm to adult health. General objective: Expose the importance of the pharmacist for the control of self-medication in adults through a literature review. Specific objectives: -Conceptualizing self-medication pointing out its harm to adult health; - Explain the main pathologies that lead adults to self-medicate; - Analyze the attributions of the pharmacist related to self-medication; - Highlight strategies that promote the reduction of health problems caused by self-medication.Methodology: This was a literature review.Results: Eight scientific articles were used, presenting the objectives and results in a table format, facilitating the reader's understanding. Conclusion: It is noted that self-medication is strongly consolidated by easy access to the internet, interaction on the web often exposes the user to wrong information about the method of treatment of a given disease or symptom, in addition, polypharmacy aggravates the patient's clinical condition, since self-medication and polypharmacy have a parallel relationship.