The Vescovado-Second Level Master in Integrated Medicine for Alessandra Confalone

With a thesis entitled “Safety of use of plant preparations used in paediatrics“the doctor Alessandra Confalone today she holds a master’s degree in Integrated Medicine in Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine of the Sapienza University of Rome.

“Infants, children and adolescents are not miniature adults. The sense of measureit’s not enough. If today one is asked before administering a drug to a child, because of the high toxicity that it could determine, fewer questions and concerns are addressed instead
to the use of plant preparations in pediatric patients. Very often, in fact, a natural product is mistakenly understood as safe and for this reason selected as a product of first choice in the
treatment of disorders of the little ones (Hunt K et al., 2011). Before making such a mistake, it should be considered that children possess completely different characteristics according to the age group
age and that, starting from the very first days of life, the size and functions of the organs change, as well as the body composition and ultimately the cellular and metabolic functiona ” is the introduction of the interesting thesis discussed today remotely by the brilliant doctor who has been working for two years at the Irace Pharmacy in Praiano.

Satisfaction for dad Savior, esteemed pharmacist doctor in Maiori, for mom Sonia, brother Gianluca e Gaetano who join friends and relatives in the congratulations entrusted to the pages of our portal: best wishes!