Pharmacological evaluation of drugs used by elderly at a private drugstore

• Autor(a) principal: Valer, Grasiela
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Kauffmann, Carla, Rigo, Marinês Pérsigo Morais, Martines, Luísa Scheer Ely
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: PAJAR - Pan American Journal of Aging Research
• Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/pajar/article/view/36528
• topic: aging; aged; quality of life; drug prescriptions; envejecimiento; anciano; calidad de vida; prescripciones de medicamentos; envelhecimento; idoso; qualidade de vida; prescrições de medicamentos

Goal: perform an evaluation of the pharmacotherapy of elderly people attending a private drugstore in the city of Nova Brescia/RS.Method: the research covered a cross-sectional study conducted from June to September 2019, in a private drugstore affiliated to the Popular Pharmacy Program of Brazil, located in Nova Brescia/RS. For data collection, a questionnaire was applied in order to analyze the pharmacotherapy and lifestyle of the senior participants of the research in said drugstore.Results: the researched population involved 81 people, most of them women (69.1%). The average age of the participants was 69.4 years old, with predominance in the 60-69 age group (53.1%). Most of the respondents (66.7%) self-medicated; 36 (44.4%) people were classified with high polypharmacy level and an average of 4.64 drugs per person. In total, 45 people (55.6%) had some kind of drug interaction, varying an average of 2.72 interactions per person. In the research, it was found 59 drugs that are considered inappropriate for the elderly according to the Beers Criterion.Conclusion: aging predispose elderly to increased use of medications, resulting on higher levels of polypharmacy, and the chances of having drug interactions. Thus, the importance of the pharmaceutical professional in guiding them on taking medicine, on the non-use of some drugs, the use of appropriate doses, monitoring of pharmacological therapy, as their effectiveness, contributing to a better quality of life.