著者

村上 雅裕 桂木 聡子 行廣 佳奈 大野 雅子 天野 学 森山 雅弘

出版者

一般社団法人日本医薬品情報学会

雑誌

医薬品情報学 (ISSN:13451464)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, no.3, pp.133-139, 2015 (Released:2015-12-18)

参考文献数

7

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Objective: Along with the globalization of the Japanese economy, the number of international students in Japan has gradually increased.  Under these circumstances, international students to visit pharmacies for self-medication are expected to increase.  Thus, we carried out a questionnaire survey on international students conducting self-medication using non-prescription drugs, and examined its problem.Method: To clarify the status of self-medication using OTC drugs by students studying abroad, multiple-choice and free description-style questionnaire sheets written in Japanese or English were distributed to 30 international students based in Kobe City.  The sheets were independently completed by the students, excluding those who had difficulty in sufficiently comprehending the questions and required the researcher’s oral explanations for assistance.Result: While 90.0% of the respondents answered that they occasionally use non-prescription drugs in their own countries, only 60.0% answered that they had experience of purchasing the drugs in Japan.  When purchasing OTC drugs, 15.2% faced <difficulty in reading> instructions printed on their packages.  While 30.0% regarded <pharmacists’ advice> as important to purchase appropriate drugs in their home countries, only 23.3% sought such advice in Japan.Conclusion: These results revealed a tendency for international students to purchase OTC drugs following pharmacists’ advice less frequently in Japan than in their home countries despite their literacy difficulties.  In the future, we hope to examine issues such as possible active communication by pharmacists and the drugstore structure, so as to promote self-medication through purchasing drugs at Japanese pharmacies.  As a result, we hope to contribute to making Japanese pharmacies more foreign user-friendly in a real sense.

著者

村上 雅裕 三浦 友里 桂木 聡子 大野 雅子 天野 学 森山 雅弘

出版者

Japanese Society of Drug Informatics

雑誌

医薬品情報学 (ISSN:13451464)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, no.3, pp.140-144, 2015 (Released:2015-12-18)

参考文献数

5

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Objective: For pharmacists to select a suitable auxiliary device for eye drop administration for patients who have difficulty in applying eye drops, the pharmacists need to know the characteristics and level of difficulty of using each device.Methods: Thus, we compared the characteristics of New Rakuraku Tengan, Rakuraku Tengan III, and an eye-drop self-help device and also conducted a survey involving 40 healthy volunteers on each device’s accessibility and suitability for people with motor disabilities.Results: New Rakuraku Tengan received the highest score for “usage was able to easily understand” (70.0% of the respondents answered positively) and “suitability for poor-sighted people” (65.0%).  Rakuraku Tengan III received the highest score for the “effectiveness of photos and illustrations in the manual” (77.5%), but was evaluated to be difficult to use.  The eye-drop self-help device received the highest score for “suitability for people with difficulty raising their shoulders and arms” (75.0%).Results: Thus, we observed the need for pharmacists to have thorough knowledge of the products in order to recommend suitable auxiliary devices for eye drop administration for each patient.

著者

日野 美波理 石井 雅人 藤原 聡子 松香 直行 定金 典明 森山 雅弘 二神 幸次郎 柴田 和彦 五味田 裕

出版者

日本医療薬学会

雑誌

医療薬学 (ISSN:1346342X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.30, no.7, pp.457-467, 2004-07-10

被引用文献数

7 7

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Owing to the approval of reimbursement of fees for antineoplastic chemotherapy on an outpatient basis by the national health insurance scheme in April 2002, an antineoplastic chemotherapy room was set up in the ambulatory area of our hospital in August 2000. In order to ensure the effective use of the safety cabinet and other existing equipment and the safe administration of antineoplastic agents to patients, the authors assigned a mixing pharmacist and a coordinating pharmacist who was to be in charge of antineoplastic chemotherapy for outpatients. First, the mixing pharmacist prepared IV mixtures of the antineoplastic agents and auxiliary medicines in a sterile area and then the coordinating pharmacist audited the mixtures and carried them to the antineoplastic chemotherapy room. Other functions of the coordinating pharmacist included providing pharmaceutical care to patients and cooperating with doctors, nurses and other pharmacists involved in the chemotherapy. They also searched for information on individual medical charts or in patient statements and pointed out doubtful records or potential problems that might affect chemotherapy. Coordinating pharmacists notified 50 potential problems between August 2002 and April 2003. To evaluate our pharmaceutical practices in outpatient antineoplastic chemotherapy, we conducted a questionnaire survey of the patients. Their responses indicated that our pharmaceutical care program was working well and that they hoped we would continue it. However, the usefulness of our program was not entirely clear to all patients and we recognized the need to better inform patients concerning this.

著者

中山 雅裕 濱田 昌志 深津 佳代 門林 宗男 大野 雅子 桂木 聡子 天野 学 森山 雅弘

出版者

一般社団法人日本医薬品情報学会

雑誌

医薬品情報学 (ISSN:13451464)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.17, no.1, pp.11-14, 2015 (Released:2015-06-28)

参考文献数

10

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Objective: In Japan, to prevent an increase in medical expenditure associated with development of super-aging society, the use of generic drugs is being promoted.  To help patients financially and meet their various other needs, generic drugs (e.g., orally disintegrating film formulations) whose dosage forms do not exist for original drugs are manufactured and distributed.  In this study, to evaluate the characteristics of an orally disintegrating film formulation, we performed dissolution, disintegration, and simulated intraoral tests of Amlodin® tablets 2.5 mg, Amlodin® OD tablets 2.5 mg, and Amlodipine OD film 2.5 mg that were manufactured by TEVA-KOWA PHARMA Co., Ltd.Methods: Dissolution and disintegration tests were performed in line with the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, Sixteenth Edition, and the dose of amlodipine was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography.  During the simulated intraoral test, the tested drugs’ disintegration in purified water and artificial saliva was observed macroscopically, and recorded using a digital camera.Results: Since the each formulation showed an over 85.0% rate of dissolution 15 min after the initiation of the dissolution test, no difference was found in elution behavior.  Also, in the simulated intraoral test, the film formulation began to disintegrate the earliest (2 and 10 min when using purified water and artificial saliva, respectively) among the tested drugs.Conclusion: Our findings suggest that orally disintegrating film formulations show superior disintegration to uncoated or orally disintegrating tablets, and benefits on taking medicine was observed.