Determinación de problemas relacionados con medicamentos en recetas médicas de la cadena de Farmacias ‘Farmasur’ de la Ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to focus on one of the main causes of incorrect consumption of medicines, which can result in a Medication-Related Problem (DRP), within the health care system, there are several mistakes regarding the well-being of the patient's health. This is why this research was conducted to determine the problems related to medicines in medical prescriptions in the "FARMASUR" chain of pharmacies in the city of Riobamba during the period April-August 2023, applying a quantitative approach to the research, using a non-experimental, cross-sectional approach, in which the study population were those people who came with their medical prescription and voluntarily decided to take part in the work, applying a quantitative approach to the research, thus being non-experimental, cross-sectional, in which the study population were those people who came with their prescription and voluntarily decided to be part of the work, and that met the characteristics of inclusion, in this way through a field study was able to collect data at the time, and classify them according to the PCNE V9. 1, thanks to the application of methods, techniques and instruments, such as the data collection, processing and analysis plan, surveys and programs (Excel), it was possible to find the different questions raised, such as the socio-demographic characteristics with the greatest impact, and the different types of problems related to medicines, in addition to the prescription indicators according to the WHO, allowing us to qualify and classify all the information to obtain relevant results in terms of the quality of medical prescriptions, In the 120 prescriptions analyzed, it was possible to observe a considerable degree of failures, which were found to be inadequate in their entirety, since in each review of the prescriptions prescribed, at least one type of error was found, with the most relevant being the fact that the structure of the prescription is incomplete, or the writing of the drug dosage is unclear, incorrect or there is some missing information.