著者

渡辺 謹三

出版者

公益社団法人 日本薬学会

雑誌

YAKUGAKU ZASSHI (ISSN:00316903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.136, no.7, pp.933-937, 2016 (Released:2016-07-01)

参考文献数

2

被引用文献数

2

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At the time of consultation with a patient regarding OTC drugs, a pharmacist goes through the following five steps. In Step 1 information is collected, including the patient's gender, age, health condition, living situation, etc. In Step 2, upon analyzing and evaluating this collected information, the pharmacist decides whether to recommend that the patient see a medical doctor or whether an OTC drug is sufficient. In Step 3, when an OTC drug is required, the pharmacist suggests the most suitable OTC drug. In Step 4, the pharmacist provides the patient recommendations and information about the selected OTC. In Step 5, sales record entry and aftercare are performed. In these five steps, the pharmacist is making a decision on whether the consultation recommendation is required or optional; the step of making an optimal selection of an OTC drug is distinct from prescription dispensing. In many cases, at the time of OTC drug consultation, since the patient is not consulting a medical doctor, a pharmacist becomes a “first access” health professional. In this instance, the advice of a pharmacist may have a great influence on a patient's prognosis regarding the particular health challenge. Therefore, pharmacists who perform patient consultations regarding OTC drugs are required to have broad medical knowledge and communication skills. The features of consultation and information dissemination about OTC drugs by a pharmacist, and the practice and study of this subject in present-day pharmaceutical education, are described herein.

著者

成井 浩二 田淵 照人 渡邉 捷英 渡辺 謹三

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.4, pp.209-216, 2016-02-29 (Released:2016-03-19)

参考文献数

8

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Objective: An external training seminar was held for registered salesclerks of drugs to help them keep and improve their knowledge of drugs.  To promote self-medication and to enhance the content of training seminars, we collected data in the form of inquiries the clerks had received from customers and what information the clerks sought from drug companies.Methods: Our survey was conducted with 199 registered salesclerks of drugs at an external training seminar in Tokyo, Japan.Results: The main inquiries from customers to the registered salesclerks were “selection of an analgesic for headache” (83.8%), “selection of an analgesic for cramps” (62.3%), and “selection of an analgesic for toothache” (57.7%).  The main information that they sought from drug companies were “side effects,” “interaction between drugs,” “time of onset of action,” and “degree of effect of drugs.”Conclusions: To respond to the inquiries from customers, it was necessary to supply the clerks with knowledge of pharmacokinetics in the external training and to supply them with information on side effects, interaction between drugs, time of onset of action, and degree of effect of drugs on individual products from drug companies.  Additionally, this information and knowledge of drugs can be gained from not only the external training and drug companies but also from pharmacists they work with.  It was thought that continuing the external training seminars and input of information from drug companies led to levels similar to a pharmacist and the registered salesclerks contributed actively to promoting self-medication.

著者

渡辺 謹三

出版者

公益社団法人 日本薬学会

雑誌

YAKUGAKU ZASSHI (ISSN:00316903)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.140, no.3, pp.423-434, 2020-03-01 (Released:2020-03-01)

参考文献数

15

被引用文献数

5

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Recently, because the marked rise in medical expenses in Japan has become a major social problem, self-medication using OTC drugs in cases of minor health problems has attracted increasing attention. When people use OTC drugs for self-medication, they need support and/or advice from pharmacists on their proper use. This paper outlines recent revisions in the legal sales system of OTC drugs, the social background of self-medication, characteristics of OTC drugs and role of the pharmacists in providing consultation on OTC preparations. Next, consumers' views of self-medication and the OTC drug sales system are described based on the results of surveys performed after they attended an educational event on the proper use of OTC drugs. The survey of consumer views on the legal sales system of OTC drugs revealed that they were the most concerned about safety and convenience. From the survey of consumer views on self-medication, a significant percentage of the group who understood the meaning of the term “self-medication” practiced it in cases of minor health problems. Although no significant difference was seen between the groups who understood the term “self-medication” and those who did not in regard to the reading the drug package label and/or insert, a significant difference was found in their understanding of “The System for Sufferers from Adverse Drug Reactions”. Therefore, it was clear that the consumers familiar with “self-medication” not only practiced it, but also understood the contents of drug package labels and/or inserts.

著者

山崎 俊介 水町 勝子 安藤 博文 山口 真由 渡辺 謹三 安部 隆

出版者

鎌倉女子大学

雑誌

鎌倉女子大学学術研究所報 (ISSN:13466674)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.65-71, 2008