• The UV is the headquarters of the event that takes place in the IMAC Xalapa

• They take part representative teams of faculties of Veracruz, Michoacán, Puebla, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Guanajuato and Baja California

At the beginning of the V Olympiad of Pharmacology, Mónica Sandoval García offered the Conference “Implications of Ethics in the Use of Medicines”

José Luis Couttolenc Soto

Photos: Luis Fernando Fernández

10/01/2025, Xalapa, Ver.- From October 1 to 3, the Faculty of Medicine of the Veracruzana University (UV) Xalapa region is the headquarters of the V Olympiad of Pharmacology and II Student of Cartels, where students from various institutions of higher education in Veracruz, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Michoacán, Guanajuato and Baja California participate.

Manuel Iván Covarrubias Díaz de la Vega, in charge of the organizing university entity, inaugurated the event that takes place in the Municipal Initiative of Arts and Culture (IMAC) of Xalapa; He said that it represents an opportunity for students to implement their academic skills and acquire experiences of their peers to enrich their integral development.

On behalf of the students, Said Hernández Canul spoke and said that pharmacology is an area full of enigmas and they, as health professionals, have the obligation and commitment to prepare to attend and heal.

Mónica Sandoval García, pediatrician and general director of the Academic Area of ​​Health Sciences, gave the first conference on the implications of ethics in the use of medicines; He mentioned that it is based on the principles of charity, not malleficcence, justice and harmony, ensuring that the treatments are safe and equitable.

With the presence of university and municipal officials, the V Olympiad of Pharmacology began

He said that some of the actions that the doctor must assume are: Evaluation of the patient’s medical history to identify any condition that may increase the risk of adverse reactions; select the appropriate and effective medicine for treatment; have an adequate security profile; monitor it closely to detect any sign of adverse reaction and adjust the dose or change the drug if necessary.

You should also inform the patient about the benefits and risks of treatment, and make sure that she understands the importance of taking it according to the instructions.

The doctor, he added, will evaluate the risk of managing a medication knowing each of them, which is fundamental in medical and pharmaceutical practice, in order to avoid causing damage or damage to the patient.

As an example, Sandoval García mentioned that the health professional prescribes a medicine to treat hypertension, effective to reduce blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular complications, however, the patient has a history of adverse reactions to certain drugs.

The Faculty of Medicine of the UV is the headquarters of the academic event that congregates students from different higher education institutions in the country

In this case, benefits and risks of the medication and take measures to minimize risks should be carefully considered. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the patient’s medical history in order to identify possible etiological agents, indicate the management plan, monitor it to detect any alarm sign.

There were municipal authorities and university students.