Educação em saúde do farmacêutico na automedicação

Abstract

Self-medication is a practice that contributes to the inappropriate use of medicines and causes additional costs to deal with the consequences of that act. Educational interventions can be a strategy carried out by pharmacists in several health care settings to reduce self-medication and promote adequate self-care in health. This study aims a review of the literature to identify educational interventions performed by pharmacists in self-medication. The search was performed in Lilacs and Scielo databases with the descriptors in health: "self-medication", "health education" and "pharmaceutical care". The search resulted in one article whose educational intervention strategy was an expository and dialogued presentation with a satisfaction evaluation. The result shows that the pharmacist still faces barriers to provide educational interventions. Training of this professional to perform this servicemust be stimulated.