title: [Community pharmacy counseling. An important role in reducing and optimizing self-medication].
abstract: The study was directed towards the evaluation of the use of analgesic drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and their combinations with other substances in a community pharmacy, with regard to the role of the pharmacist in patient counseling for the optimization of self-medication.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of 108 subjects, which repeatedly use drugs from the above-mentioned groups and have multiple pharmacy visitations, was divided into separate groups, according to the annual call frequencies and they received questionnaires with multiple questions, tailored according to the necessities of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results demonstrated statistically significant differences between the patients that have medical prescriptions and those that employ self-medication (p < 0.05, ANOVA). From the group using initial self-medication, 75% were receptive to the counseling by the pharmacists and subsequently consulted a physician and 25% were non-compliant. For the assessment of the annual drug consumption (CM50), a quantal model for the quantitative evaluation was designed. The data were subjected to regression analysis, and it has been observed that a percentage of 10.7% from the general population uses repeatedly and regularly drugs from the groups taken in study.
authors.affiliation: Facultatea de Farmacie, Disciplina de Farmacologie si Farmacie clinică, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bild
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bulea
authors.forename: Sorina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neica
authors.forename: M D G
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Pavelescu
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D003376:Counseling; D006801:Humans; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012651:Self Medication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs