PRESCRIPTIONS OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER “CLEIDE CAVALCANTE”, SOBRAL – CE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Jayane Darla Moreira Pinto Residência Multiprofissional na área de Urgência e Emergência. Departamento de Ensino e Pesquisa (DEPE). Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Sobral, Rua Antonio Crisóstomo de Melo 919, Centro Sobral - Ceará, CEP: 62010-550. Telefone: (88) 3112-0400
  • Wilcare de Medeiros Cordeiro Nascimento Instituto Superior de Teologia Aplicada - INTA, Rua Coronel Antônio Rodrigues Magalhães, 359, Bairro Dom Expedito Lopes.
  • maria auxiliadora silva oliveira Faculdade de Medicina do Instituto Superior de Teologia Aplicada - INTA, Rua Coronel Antônio Rodrigues Magalhães, 359, Bairro Dom Expedito Lopes. Universidade Federal do Ceara - UFC, av. Comandante Maurocelio Rocha Ponte, 100, Bairro Derby.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v27.e3.a2015.pp176-182

Keywords:

medicinal plants, Phytotherapy, prescription, Farmácia Viva Program

Abstract

Medicinal plants have active principles able to provide cure, treatment, prevention and useful in the preparation of
pharmaceutical products. This study aims to trace the profile of herbal medicine prescriptions at a Family Health Center
in the city of Sobral, CE. It was an observational study, retrospective with a quantitative approach. The analysis variables
were the kinds of herbal medicines, their dosage forms, dosage, drug classes, health workers that prescribed the products.
In addition, prescriptions were observed about possible errors or mistakes. From the herbal medicines prescribed during
the months of May and June of 2013 and 2014, it was observed that the tonka bean syrup had the highest prescription rate
with 94.6% (445). From the 470 prescriptions analysed, 95.3% (448) were prescribed by nursing professionals. About the
problems or mistakes on the prescriptions, the ones that stood out were the absence of prescriber’s phone number with 99.9%
(470), absence of the duration of treatment with 56.8% (267), under dosages with 17.2% (81) and incomplete prescription,
with 13.4% (63). These data are important for health professionals, encouraging the rational use of herbal medicines.

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Published

2015-09-30

How to Cite

Pinto, J. D. M., Nascimento, W. de M. C., & oliveira, maria auxiliadora silva. (2015). PRESCRIPTIONS OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CENTER “CLEIDE CAVALCANTE”, SOBRAL – CE, BRAZIL. Infarma - Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27(3), 176–182. https://doi.org/10.14450/2318-9312.v27.e3.a2015.pp176-182

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Original article

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