Use of Medication by the Elderly Assisted by a Community Pharmacy.

"Use of Medication by the Elderly Assisted by a Community Pharmacy". This paper analyzed the use of medicines by the elderly assisted by community pharmacy in the city of Campina Grande, PB. The study was descriptive, transversal, with quantitative approach. The investigated population was made up of 450 patients over 60 years of age, users of the medices for dislipdemic, hypertension and diabetes. The feminine gender predominated, representing 60.0% of the elderly. It was verified that 77.8% of the medicines used by the patients were Angiotensin Converting-Enzime (ACE) inhibitors. The average number of the medicines prescribed by the elderly was 4.5. The Drug Therapy Problems (DTP) 3 the most prevalent one, with 47.8%. It was verified that 45.0% of the elderly had regular adhesion to the treatment. The results showed the existence of risks related to pharmacotherapy used by the elderly and the necessity of the improvement of pharmaceutical care to this population, contributing, thus, to the improvement of their life quality.