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Abstract This study aimed to analyze Potential Drug Interactions and Potentially Inappropriate Drugs for Elderly users of primary care pharmacies. Descriptive study with cross-sectional design with a sample of 384 elderly/caregivers, distributed among all six pharmacies in the city of Uberaba, MG, Brazil, in 2015. All prescriptions were analyzed and the drugs classified according to Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification; and, in the MICROMEDEX® database and by the Beers-Fick Criterion (2015). 580 prescriptions were analyzed and 570 interactions were verified, with 47.4% of participants subject to at least one interaction; 54.7% used inappropriate drugs. The drugs most involved in the interactions were: omeprazole (19.5%), AAS (14.2%) and losartan (13.2%). There was a need to adopt managerial and educational measures that aim at more safety and therapeutic efficacy for the elderly.

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