Avaliação da prescrição e refil de utilização de medicamentos antimicrobianos pela rede pública municipal de saúde de Encantos/RN.

Abstract

The antimicrobials are a class of medications able to inhibit or kill bacterium, fungi and protozoa through the interactions with structures of the microorganisms. The growing microbial resistance on these medicines resulting of its indiscriminate use it constitutes as one of the public health problems more relevant nowadays. In addition, the main point of this research was to evaluate the prescriptions and utilization profile of antimicrobial in the basic pharmacy of Encanto/RN. It is a cross-sectional study, quantitative-qualitative of the descriptive type. The data collection was realized trough a questionnaire applied in July 2018 and January 2019. We interviewed 100 selected people with based on the inclusion and exclusion. The results show the prevalence of female people (70%), married or stable union (66%) with age group between 31 and 60 years old (60%). Most of the interviewed had low education level (45%) and family income (41%). The exempted antimicrobial most often was amoxicillin (25,0) and ciprofloxacin (25,0%) and azithromycin (22,1%). Regard the nonconformities of the prescriptions, 38% presents lack of data, being the most recurrent absence of the duration of the treatment. It was identified possible drug interactions in 9% of the prescription. The results presented evidence the importance of the performance of the pharmaceutical on the community pharmacy, both in the sensitization of the prescribers with regard to the appropriate choice and prescription of theses medicine with the orientation of the patients with promotions with the rational use of the antimicrobials.