SILVA, Thiago de Oliveira.
Résumé:
The pharmaceutical profession has undergone changes with the years, having as main consequence to the discharacterization of the pharmacies by virtue of the commercial practice and the pharmacist's removal from his functions. However, there is a resumption of the importance of the role of the pharmacist, especially in the field of public health, through the emergence of a more active professional and aware of his social role. Thus, it is believed that the practice of pharmaceutical prescription, assists in the defense of the right to health. The objective of the present work was to analyze the current legislation regarding the legal possibilities of the pharmaceutical prescription of medicinal and phytotherapeutic plants, by the pharmacist. This was a theoretical study, and the data of this work were obtained from official documents of the country, through the platforms of the Federal Council of Pharmacy and the National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA). The remaining data were obtained from the electronic databases such as Capes Periodicals, Eletronic Libary Online (SciELO), Science Direct, and PubMed and Flora do Brasil digital archive produced by the National Library of Medicine in the area of Biosciences. It was observed that the current legislation defines as a function of the pharmacist the realization of the pharmaceutical indication within the public or private pharmacy, as well as the pharmaceutical prescription in health settings, thus highlighting the rational dispensing of herbal medicines and medicinal plants. These new functions of pharmacists are regulated by both the Federal Pharmacy Council and ANVISA. It is also evident that the regulation of prescription of herbal medicines and herbal medicines by the pharmaceutical professional is not only regulated by its council, but also by ANVISA, but it is necessary to publish new legislation as a way to facilitate the current legislation.