Determinación de problemas relacionados con los medicamentos en recetas médicas de la Farmacia “Pharmacity” de la Ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The main objective of this research study was to focus on the medicines that are used for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, at the PHARMACITY pharmacy. However, inappropriate use of medicines will trigger drug-related problems (DRP). These DRPs are the leading cause of mortality and hospital admissions worldwide with a global incidence of 61%. The objective was to determine problems related to medicines in prescriptions in the "Pharmacity" pharmacy in the city of Riobamba during the period April-August 2023. The methodology applied was descriptive since it was an observational and cross-sectional study, and a sample of 109 prescriptions was collected in the field. These data were tabulated in a matrix in Excel where it was obtained that 38. 53% were young people, with a predominance of women (56.88%), and the majority were of Mestizo ethnicity (69.72%). The most commonly consumed medicines were antibiotics (25.10%), followed by analgesics and antipyretics (9.88%) and corticosteroids (8.64%), In terms of prescription indicators, prescriptions showed low polymedication, 44.86% of medicines were prescribed by their generic name and 54.11% were in the basic list of medicines; the most prevalent DRPs were the presence of an incomplete prescription structure (54.11%) and incorrect doses (9.5%). In conclusion, the most prevalent age group was young people, mainly women, who consumed the greatest amount of antibiotics. The medical prescriptions showed a low degree of polymedication with medicines prescribed by generic name, and these contained at least one type of DRP, the most frequent being incomplete prescription structure.