Non‐Prescription Medicines
Medicamentos de Não Prescrição
Curse 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:
- Introduction
- Pharmacy consultation in OTC
- Skin, hair and nail disorders: Infectious diseases, Acne, Dermatitis, Cutaneous hyperproliferative diseases, Insect bites and stings, Baldness
- Common eye conditions
- Respiratory superior tract: Infectious diseases, Rhinitis
- Respiratory inferior tract: Influenza, Cough
- Gastrointestinal tract: Stomach and oesophagus diseases, Intestine and rectum diseases
- Pain and inflammation: Pain therapies, Musculoskeletal lesions
- Central nervous system: Headaches, Insomnia, Smoking cessation
- Women disorders: Genitourinary tract, Emergency contraception
- Childhood disorders
- Obesity management
Suggested Bibliography:
- Prontuário Terapêutico 11 (2013) Instituto Nacional da Farmácia e do Medicamento.
- Addison, B., Brown, A., Edwards, R., Gray, G. (2012) “Minor illness or major disease?”. 5th ed., Pharmaceutical Press, London. ISBN: 978-0853699613
- Nathan A. (2010) 4th Edtion. “Non-Prescription Medicines”. Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN: 978-0853698869
- Soares, MA. (2002) “Medicamentos Não Prescritos. Aconselhamento Farmacêutico. 2nd ed., Vol I, Vol II” Publicações Farmácia Portuguesa. ANF. ISBN: 972-9857989
- 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