A importância e a história dos estudos de utilização de medicamentos

Abstract

INTRODUÇÃONo século XX, com o aumento da eficiência da prevenção de doenças e atendimento médico, a expectativa de vida, menor que quarenta anos até a década de 1940, ultrapassou os sessenta e cinco anos (década de 1990) (WHO, 1997). Todavia, com o crescimento dos custos com equipamentos, materiais e medicamentos, surgiu a impossibilidade do acesso universal aos recursos e tecnologia moderna disponíveis (Crozara, 2001).Assim, visto que os medicamentos se apresentam como um dos fatores responsáveis pelos gastos com saú-de, a questão de sua utilização de modo adequado nunca esteve tão presente no cotidiano da população, nem foi tão discutida: segundo Nascimento (2003), o número de reportagens publicadas em jornais e revistas da grande imprensa escrita sobre medicamentos e saúde durante os anos 70, 80 e 90 foram 26, 135 e 250, respectivamente. É de conhecimento geral a necessidade de formulação e aplicação de política de medicamentos que favoreça a

Over-the-counter whitening agents: a concise review

“…Pharmaceutical companies usually invest twice in marketing compared to the resources invested in research, which bring about a potentially risky situation: abusive usage of drugs by insufficiently informed consumers. 25 This situation is more complicated in countries like Brazil, where self-medication is a common practice. Economic, political and cultural factors can contribute to the growth and spreading of self-medication, including great availability, irresponsible publicity, pressure to convert prescription-only drugs in over-the-counter products, quality of health care and difficult access to health services, especially in poor countries.…”

“…29 Thus, it is not unlikely that Brazil may present the same abusive misuse of bleaching products, similarly to what is currently observed in the USA, in a phenomenon called "bleachorexics" or "whitening junkies". 30 Since 35% of the medication used in Bra-zil is self-medication, 25 information is of utmost importance, and dentists should be aware of the risks posed by the abusive use of OTC bleaching products. A possible reclassification of these products by the ANVISA should also be discussed.…”

A contribuição do farmacêutico para a promoção do acesso e uso racional de medicamentos essenciais no SUS

“…These problems feed back the demand for clinical services, often at more complex levels, reducing the cost/effectiveness of treatments, unnecessarily burdening health expenses and decreasing patients' quality of life 23 .…”

Magistral drugs in hospitalized newborns and children

“…The number of iDDD/100 bed-days was also calculated for patients in the NICU 6. The total occupation of beds in this sector was considered to calculate the number of beds in the NICU.…”