Atuação do farmacêutico na indicação de dermocosméticos para o tratamento da Acne vulgar: uma revisão.

Abstract

The Pharmacist is a health professional who is in increasing clinical practice. His attributions aim to provide care to the patient, family and community, in order to promote the rational use of medicines and optimize pharmacotherapy. Among the numerous diseases in which the pharmacist can practice clinical practice, there is Acne vlgar (AV) which is a common skin dermatosis that affects 70­80% of adolescents, but it can also appear later and has a psychological and psychological impact. considerable social. This study aimed to demonstrate how pharmaceutical guidance can be directed to the use of dermocosmetics for the alternative treatment of AV, in initial cases or during therapeutic follow­up. The research was carried out through an integrative literature review, in which searches were carried out (in electronic databases in the health area: Medline, Pubmed, Lilacs and Scielo, Portal Periodicals CAPES, Dermatology journals) for articles published in the languages Portuguese, English or Spanish in the period from 2011 to 2021, where articles were recruited that address the topic, whose impact is considerable. A total of 21,475 articles related to the topic were found, of which 73 were used to compose this review. The results show us that Acne vulgaris is a chronic disease, with inflammatory characteristics and recurrence, which requires a continuous treatment, which can be pharmacological and cosmetic, being one complementary to the other, in the search for the best results for each patient. review shows that the use of dermocosmetics within a daily care routine can reduce inflammation and the number of acne lesions, in addition to preventing the formation of spots and scars, proving to be useful for the treatment of acne combined with drugs in addition to reaffirm the importance of the Pharmacist in the adequacy of the correct treatment for each patient.