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Parents’ satisfaction with information received on psychotropic drugs used by a...
Matos,Dafny Oliveira de; Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia; Melo,Renata Passos de; Menezes,Ricardo Azevedo de; Tavares,Noemia Urruth LeãoAbstract Objective: To analyze the satisfaction of those responsible for adolescents with information received for the use of psychotropic drugs. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out in a reference outpatient clinic in Brasília between 2017 and 2019. It involved 173 legal representatives of adolescents diagnosed with Mental and Behavioral Disorders using psychotropic drugs. In order to identify the level ...
Unavailability of appropriate doses and need for tablet splitting of psychotrop...
Starling,Flávio Mascarenhas; Camargos,Einstein Francisco; Ferreira,Felipe; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Costa,José Reinaldo Silva; Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia<p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Tablet splitting appears common in older adults, but its safety, and the factors associated with this practice, remain unclear. <br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify which psychotropic drugs are most often split, which doses are intended with this practice, and whether these doses are provided by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) or commercially available.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> Cross-se...
Interações medicamentosas potenciais de alto risco em pacientes ambulatoriais i...
Ferreira,Felipe; Diniz,Julia Silva Valério; Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia; Freitas,Marco Polo Dias; Camargos,Einstein Francisco<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To analyse the occurrence of potential high-risk drug-drug interactions in elderly individuals with dementia.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> The sample was chosen from a geriatric outpatient clinic of the Multidisciplinary Center for the Elderly in the University Hospital of Brasília. This cross-sectional study included patients aged 60 or older with a diagnosis of dementia. The prescriptions w...
Diagnosis and control of polypharmacy in the elderly
Medeiros-Souza,Patrícia; Santos-Neto,Leopoldo Luiz dos; Kusano,Liana Tieko Evangelista; Pereira,Maurício GomesThe article had the purpose of commenting on studies on polypharmacy in the elderly, focusing on diagnosis and control. Polypharmacy is defined as the use of a number of medications at the same time and the use of additional drugs to correct drug adverse effects. The fact that the elderly take more medications for the treatment of several diseases makes them more susceptible to the occurrence of adverse reactio...