Services and with pharmacists in primary care: a literature review UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

Abstract

The aim of this study was to carry out a literature review in order to describe the importance of clinical pharmaceutical services as a health care strategy in primary care. This is a bibliographical research, built through documents obtained from the scientific databases BVS and SciELO, published in Portuguese, in chronological order from 2012 to 2022, being organized into three sections, which address important issues related to primary care, Pharmaceutical clinical services and their determinants and constraints in the SUS. Primary care involves a set of key characteristics, including being the preferred gateway for SUS users, regulated by the National Primary Care Policy (PNAB). In the PNAB, the need for clinical pharmaceutical services is highlighted, which reflect a set of actions to guarantee comprehensive, integrated and continuous action to the patient's needs and health problems, with emphasis on tracking; Health education; management of self-limited health problems; dispensation; reconciliation of medications; pharmacotherapeutic review and pharmacotherapeutic follow-up. Absence of institutionalization, related problems and excessive activities under the responsibility of the pharmacist are some of the challenges for the execution of clinical services in primary care. It should be noted that clinical practice is a reality in primary care, and it is imperative to develop policies that improve this activity in order to enable the promotion, protection and recovery of health, based on effective, safe and assisted treatment.