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Arquivos de Medicina

On-line version ISSN 2183-2447

Arq Med vol.22 no.2-3 Porto  2008

 

Medicamentos Manipulados em Pediatria

Estado Actual e Perspectivas Futuras

Susana Pinto*, Carlos Maurício Barbosa††

 

*Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil, EPE, Porto; †† Serviço de Tecnologia Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto e CEQUIMED - Centro de Química Medicinal da Universidade do Porto

Com frequência, na farmacoterapêutica pediátrica há necessidade de administrar substâncias activas que apenas são disponibilizadas pela indústria farmacêutica sob a forma de especialidades farmacêuticas com dosagens e/ou em formas farmacêuticas destinadas a adultos. Nestas situações, a prescrição de fórmulas magistrais e a sua preparação nas farmácias comunitárias e hospitalares permite obter medicamentos, em regra apresentados sob a forma de líquidos para uso oral, adaptados às necessidades específicas de cada doente. No futuro, os incentivos que têm vindo a ser disponibilizados à indústria farmacêutica europeia e americana deverão contribuir para aumentar o número de medicamentos pediátricos produzidos industrialmente. Contudo, por várias razões, não é expectável que estes venham a preencher todas as necessidades terapêuticas em Pediatria, muitas das quais continuarão a ser resolvidas através do recurso à prescrição e preparação de fórmulas magistrais.

Palavras-chave: medicamentos pediátricos; medicamentos manipulados; preparações extemporâneas; fórmulas magistrais.

 

Paediatric Compounding Medicines

Frequentely, in paediatric pharmacotherapy it is necessary to administrate active substances which are only available by pharmaceutical industry under the form of pharmaceutical specialities with dosages and/or dosage forms for adults. In these cases, the prescription of magistral formulations and their preparation by community pharmacies or hospital pharmacies leads to medicines, usually available as liquids for oral use, adaptated to the specific needs of each patient. In the future, the incentives that have been given to European and American pharmaceutical industry should contribute to increase the number of industrialized paediatric medicines. However, for several reasons, it is not expectable that these medicines will fullfil all the paediatric therapeutic needs, many of which will be solved by means of the prescription and preparation of magistral formulations.

Key-words: paediatric medicines; compounding medicines; extemporaneous preparations; magistral formulations.

 

 

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Correspondência:

Prof. Carlos Maurício Barbosa

Faculdade de Farmácia Universidade do Porto

Rua Aníbal Cunha, 164

4050-047 Porto

e-mail: Mauricio.Barbosa@ff.up.pt

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