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Pilot-project of implantation of pharmaceutical care close to the program of bipolar mood disorder of the Hospital of Clinics of Porto Alegre

Abstract

The Bipolar Mood Disorder is characterized by the alternation of depressive crises with episodes of mania or euphoria, having these patients 15 to 35 times more chances of suicide, as compared with people without this disorder. The pharmacotherapy is fundamental for this disease, aiming to decrease the frequency of episodes and disease severity. In these patients, the polypharmacy has recently increased and one of the main difficulties is the …

Authors

Ceresér KMM; Mascarenhas MÁ; Santin A; Kapczinski F

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 249–256

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Publication Date

June 2009

DOI

10.1590/s1984-82502009000200009

ISSN

1984-8250