Kampo Medicine
Online ISSN : 1882-756X
Print ISSN : 0287-4857
ISSN-L : 0287-4857
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Polypharmacy Caused by Kampo Prescriptions
Atsushi CHINOMasanori TSUJIAkio YAGIKatsutoshi TERASAWA
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2019 Volume 70 Issue 1 Pages 72-76

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As the elderly society grows, polypharmacy becomes a problem in clinical practice. Until now, some Kampo treatments have been reported to be useful for polypharmacy caused by western-­style medicines. But this report shows that Kampo medicines in themselves could be the cause of polypharmacy. In fact, multiple Kampo prescriptions from several medical agencies are given to one patient in Japan. From the view point of proper use of Kampo prescriptions, medical experts and entire business fields related to Kampo medicine should take measures rapidly for so­-called “Kampo polypharmacy” after analyzing the actual situation.

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© 2019 The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine
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