A importância do farmacêutico através do cuidado farmacêutico prestado à pacientes com depressão: uma revisão.

Abstract

The increase in the number of cases of diagnosed and underdiagnosed depression has become a public health problem and with that, there have been some difficulties in the treatment of this disease, such as drug intoxication, lack of adherence to treatment, problems related to the drug and others. Therefore, the objective of this study was to demonstrate the importance of the pharmacist in the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up of depression, through Pharmaceutical Care. This study is an integrative literature review carried out through materials available on the internet, through bibliographic data such as Scielo, academic Google, Pubmed and Web of Science, between the years 2014 to 2022. period mentioned for their relevance. The terms used in the study were: Depression; Pharmaceutical Care; Pharmacotherapy and Antidepressants, the search being carried out in Portuguese and English. 45 articles were found, of which 34 were chosen to compose the present review, in addition to 04 monographs, 07 documents found on sites such as PAHO/WHO, in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, in the Federal Council of Pharmacy and in CANMAT - Canadian Network for Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders. Depression affects a large part of the elderly population, health professionals, university students, children and adolescents, not choosing a target audience to reach and, if not treated efficiently, can lead to suicide. The analyzed studies showed that some problems related to the treatment of depression may appear, such as irresponsible self-medication, drug intoxication, faulty diagnoses and lack of adherence to treatment, whether medication or not. Thus, it is concluded that the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up of patients with depression is of paramount importance to avoid or alleviate these adversities. Such monitoring aims at preventing health problems, promoting and recovering the individual's health through Pharmaceutical Care, guaranteeing the patient a better quality of life.