Abstract
We compiled a dictionary for suppository identification.The data base contains the drug information of 257 suppository preparations which were made by 86 companies in Japan.We could identify 71 (100%) indometacin suppository preparations by this dictionary but failed to find 28.2-36.6% of these preparations by some other dictionaries.By the use of this dictionary, to identify twenty indometacin suppository preparations which were randomly chosen needed significantly shorter time, than by some other conventional dictionaries.
This dictionary was evaluated to be more practical and efficient, so this dictionary was introduced into the routine schedule of consultation at the pharmacy department of our hospital.
