Organização e entraves da assistência farmacêutica básica em um município paraibano.

Abstract

The Pharmaceutical Assistance (PA) focuses a set of actions for the health promotion, protection and recovery of health, through the access to medicines and rational use. Thus, it was sought to describe and evaluate the PA organization in the municipality of Cuité, addressing the PA cycle, as well as access to medicines for people in primary care and barriers. There was a cross-sectional study with descriptive and exploratory approach, through the observation on services, documentary research and questionnaires to the protagonists of PA. It was Identified health services available, as well as employees and epidemiological data, acting as tools to meet the PA needs. The standardized medications list and a good investment for the medicines purchaseare the main positive PA aspects. The actions of technical-managerial assistance cycle presented some problems, mainly in the context of the acquisition and storage, affecting the actions and technical assistance. 43.5% (n=69) of respondents consider the PA in town regular, besides quoting positives and main difficulties. 56.5% reported that they didn't receive prescribed medications and that users have no difficulty in drugs use, in contrast with the managers view and professionals. 69.90% (n = 963) medicines were dispensed by Basic Pharmacy. The lack of Pharmacists activeness in the scenario is the main obstacle, thus, It suggest filling by committed pharmacists to access and rational use of drugs, skirting the PA cycle and improving problems of Paraiba municipality.