Pharmaceutical care in dermatology: antiacneics drugs

• Autor(a) principal: Piana, Mariana
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Canto, Gizele Scotti do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/2488
• topic: Acne; Antiacneics; Pharmaceutical care; Chips dosing.; Acne; Antiacneicos; Atenção farmacêutica; Fichas posológicas.

Pharmaceutical care is a model of pharmaceutical practice which includes attitudes, ethical values, scientific knowledge, communicative skills and responsibilities of the pharmaceutical professional about the pharmacotherapy, the rational use of medicine and disease prevention. In order to have an adequate pharmaceutical care, the pharmaceutical professional has techniques to carry out the drug distribution aiming the understanding of treatment by the patient. Among the main acne prescribed drugs, chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous follicle, are the antibiotics and the retinoids, whose pharmacological power is associated to the important toxicological effects. Thus, the patient orientation at the drug distribution, as to the correct use of the drug, contraindications, possible adverse reactions and drug interactions, are going to be extremely important in order to guarantee a safe and efficient therapy.