抄録
The development of drug information on prescribed medicine using a “medicine-pocketbook” was evaluated as one of the methods for drug information offered due to the revision in the medical treatment fees and pharmacy remuneration that went into effect in April 2000. The patients need to carry and present a medicine-pocketbook to the medical institution and pharmacy, and fill in the points personally noticed in the pocketbook to prevent the occurrence of side effects and duplicated prescriptions, which are the main purposes for this medicine-pocketbook. We conducted a questionnaire survey of patients to discover the possession and usage of this medicine-pocketbook. We analyzed the answers of 737 patients. It appears that 73.1% of the patients using our pharmacy possess a medicine-pocketbook. In spite of that, only 18.4% and 11.5% of patients claimed to have presented it at the hospital and other pharmacies, respectively. Finally, 36.5% of patients feel that such a pocketbook is useful. We have to explain the usage and advise the patients so that they can better use the pocketbook at other medical institutions and pharmacies, and this will lead to the prevention of side-effects and duplicated prescriptions. In addition, medical institutions and pharmacies need to promote the usage of the medicine-pocketbook vigorously in order to share information about the patients.
