Non‐Prescription Medicines

Medicamentos de Não Prescrição

Course code:9494528

Patrícia Maria Cavaco Silva de Sá Montez

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

With this curricular unit, “Non-prescription Medicines” (NPM) the student should apprehend the professional pharmaceutical practice dedicated to the rational use of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, promoting their adequate, effective, safe and economical use, by patients. To perform these functions with competence the pharmacist must have a responsible performance when dealing with medicines, and master all necessary knowledge and skills necessary for their correct use.
NPM aims to provide knowledge that will allow the student to: evaluate drug related needs, and recognize situations that can be treated with auto-medication, optimizing its results. Furthermore, students practice in giving the best technical advice and scientific reasoning, in the most common therapies performed by patients.

Syllabus:

1. Introduction
2. Pharmacy consultation in OTC
3. Skin, hair and nail disorders: Infectious diseases, Acne, Dermatitis, Cutaneous hyperproliferative diseases, Insect bites and stings, Baldness
4. Common eye conditions
5. Respiratory superior tract: Infectious diseases, allergic rhinitis
6. Respiratory inferior tract: Influenza, Cough
7. Gastrointestinal tract: Stomach and oesophagus diseases, Intestine and rectum diseases
8. Pain and inflammation: Pain therapies, Musculoskeletal lesions
9. Central nervous system: Headaches, Insomnia, Smoking cessation
10. Women disorders: Genitourinary tract, Emergency contraception
11. Childhood disorders
12. Oral Health

Suggested Bibliography:

• Blenkinsopp A, Paxton P (2014) “Symptoms in the Pharmacy: a guide to the management of common illness”. 7th ed., Wiley Blackwell. ISBN-13: 978-1118661734
• Infarmed. INFOMED. Available at https://extranet.infarmed.pt/INFOMED-fo/
• Nathan A (2010) “Non-Prescription Medicines”. 4th ed. Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN: 978-0853698869
• Rutter P (2017) "Community Pharmacy: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment". 4th ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0702069970
• Soares MA (2002) “Medicamentos Não Prescritos. Aconselhamento Farmacêutico. 2nd ed., Vol I, Vol II” Publicações Farmácia Portuguesa. ANF. ISBN: 972-9857989