ANÁLISE DE BULAS DOS MEDICAMENTOS À BASE DE GINKGO BILOBA L. COMERCIALIZADAS EM PATOS DE MINAS, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL

Autor: Lilian Abreu Ferreira, Érica Belchior de Lima Andrade
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Infarma: Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol 29, Iss 2, Pp 115-123 (2017)
ISSN: 2318-9312
0104-0219
DOI: 10.14450/2318-9312.v29.e2.a2017.pp115-123
Popis: Industrialized medicines prepared from the dry extract of Ginkgo biloba L. are found in community pharmacy mainly in the forms of capsules and tablets. In acquiring the industrialized medicine, users have the package insert as the main source of printed information and for this information fulfill their purpose, it must be presented in an objective, updated and complete way. Thus, the objective of the study was to analyze the medicine package inserts containing dry extract of Ginkgo biloba L. according to the standards required by Brazilian normative RDC n. 47/2009 of Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency. An observational study was conducted with analysis of phytomedicines package inserts containing dry extract of Ginkgo biloba L. as single drug in the pharmaceutical form of capsules or tablets, sold in communitarian pharmacies in the city of Patos de Minas in Brazil, considering the topics: Identification of the product, Information for the patient, Legal information and Mandatory statements. Of the total different pharmaceutical specialties found, two did not have their respective package insert. In 45% of package inserts, some of the Mandatory statements were absent. One package insert brought conflicting information about the actual physical aspect of medicine. About the topic Information to patients, 48% of the package inserts were incomplete, and among these, with indications not established by law. All package inserts had complete information relating to topics Legal information and Identification of the product. Even under specific legislation, there are still phytomedicines with their package insert out of the established standards. The package inserts may have their primary function diverted when they cease to be an educational and informational material and become a source of confusion and incentive to misuse.
Databáze: OpenAIRE