A ORIENTAÇÃO FARMACÊUTICA AO CONSUMO INDISCRIMINADO DO PARACETAMOL

Abstract

According to the National Health Surveillance Agency, paracetamol should be used with caution, "always observing the maximum daily dose and the interval between doses, according to the recommendations contained in the package insert, for each age group". As the pharmacy is a health institution, with easy and free access, where the user often seeks, in the first place, facilitating the increase in the consumption of these drugs and, consequently, the increase in the number of drug intoxications. In this sense, the pharmacist has the role of guiding in order to combat self-medication, he must be prepared to act in pharmaceutical care as a strategy to reduce the unnecessary use of medications and, thus, improve pharmacotherapeutic adherence.