Intervención farmacéutica ante la demanda y dispensación irracional de antibióticos y factores que inciden en su uso

Abstract

Introduction: The improper use of antibiotics is aggravating the spread of antimicrobial resistance worldwide, constituting a major public health problem, generating morbidity and mortality and the health expenses that this implies, preventing it from carrying out its corresponding therapeutic action and the improvement of certain infections. Due to the lack of knowledge of users on the subject, the free sale of certain antibiotics continues to increase without a prescription and without the intervention of the pharmacist who is in charge of providing an adequate medicine, knowing the clinical and epidemiological data of the patient for a good drug administration. Objective: This research work aims to analyze the usefulness of pharmaceutical intervention in the face of irrational demand and dispensing of antibiotics and factors that affect their use, by reviewing scientific literature related to the proper use of antibiotics in a community pharmacy. Methodology: The research is qualitative of a descriptive type through the review of scientific literature and reliable sources. Conclusion: Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide problem that makes it difficult to treat certain infections, causing both increased mortality and health spending and the shortage of specific antibiotics in hospitals, which is why pharmaceutical intervention processes are necessary. to counteract morbidity and mortality, optimizing the quality of health care through adequate pharmaceutical care and informing the community of the aggravation that is lurking in the world through the irrational use of antibiotics.