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Brazilian generics market change after Farmácia Popular program

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in the use of generic and non-generic medicines to treat hypertension and diabetes under the Farmácia Popular Program (FP) and its impact on generic medicines sales volume and market share in the Brazilian pharmaceutical market. METHODS This longitudinal, retrospe...

Impacts of a Brazilian pharmaceutical program on the health of chronic patients

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of the expansion of access to medicines by the Programa Farmácia Popular do Brasil (PFPB - Brazilian Popular Pharmacy Program) on the indicators of hospitalizations and deaths by hypertension and diabetes. METHODS: To estimate the impact of the Brazilian Popu...

Validity and reliability of the Health Literacy Assessment Scale for adherence to drug treatment among diabetics

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective To prepare an instrument to evaluate health literacy with regard to adherence to drug treatment among diabetics, identify the validity of its content, and estimate its reliability. Methods Pilot study, with the following stages of instrument construction: literature review, content...

Influência da suplementação de vitamina D na homeostase glicêmica, em mulheres diabéticas, na pós-menopausa
Influence of vitamin D supplementation on glycemic homeostasis in postmenopausal diabetic women

Introdução: Diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DM2) e a menopausa estão associados com os níveis de 25-hidroxivitamina D3 25(OH)D3. O efeito da suplementação de colecalciferol sobre a glicemia ou incidência de DM2 possui resultados discordantes nos principais estudos. Objetivo: Relacionar a suplement...

Utilização de anti-hipertensivos e antidiabéticos no Brasil: análise das diferenças socioeconômicas. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde 2013

Rev. bras. epidemiol. (Online); 22 (supl.2), 2019
RESUMO: Objetivos: Avaliar a magnitude de desigualdades socioeconômicas e demográficas da utilização de medicamentos para controle de hipertensão arterial e diabetes mellitus na população brasileira. Método: Foram analisados dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS) conduzida no Brasil em 201...

Perioperative management of the diabetic patient referred to cardiac surgery

Abstract Currently there is a progressive increase in the prevalence of diabetes in a referred for cardiovascular surgery. Benefits of glycemic management (< 180 mg/dL) in diabetic patients compared to patients without diabetes in perioperative cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to present ...

Impact of an inpatient multidisciplinary glucose control management program

ABSTRACT Objective: Glycemic control has been increasingly recognized as a critical element in inpatient care, but optimal management of blood glucose in the hospital setting remains challenging. The aims of this study were to describe and evaluate the impact of the implementation of an inpatient multid...

Adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en hipertensos y diabéticos de una Unidad de Salud Familiar de Paraguay
Adherence to the pharmacological treatment in hypertensive and diabetic patients of a Family Health Unit of Paraguay

Desde la declaración de Alma-Atá (1978) sobre la atención primaria en salud (APS) ha sido un desafío importante su implementación, y constituye una puerta de entrada importante de las comunidades excluidas a los servicios de salud mediantes la Unidad de Salud Familiar (USF).1 Las enfermedades cróni...