Pharmaceutical Service for Multiple Sclerosis Carriers in Brazil: A State Model

Abstract

The Specialized Component of Pharmaceutical Care is the Brazilian Unified Health System strategy that aims to ensure comprehensive drug treatment at an outpatient level and improve access to high complexity, high cost treatments, such as multiple sclerosis. Given the diversity of treatments available and the differences in financing and dispensing in different countries, the objective of this study was to present the workings of the model of care for patients with multiple sclerosis through the public health system in Brazil in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. In Campo Grande, the registration and dispensation of drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis is the responsibility of the Pharmacy School Professor Ana Maria Cervantes Baraza of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. In this center, all patients receive pharmaceutical advice on the administration of injectable drugs and oral medications; the storage, preservation, and transportation of refrigerated drugs; and information on the disease and management of adverse reactions. Clinical pharmacy services are also available to patients in a pharmaceutical office, ensuring patient privacy and comfort and enabling the creation of a bond with the pharmacist. The model of care provided by the Pharmacy School allows for the development of pharmaceutical services, encourages the rational use of medicines, and emphasizes the importance of self-care, adherence to therapy, and the co-responsibility of patients and their families.