薬剤師を対象とした授乳婦への医薬品情報提供に関する調査から

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Many lactating women want to breastfeed their baby, but may be overly concerned regarding the drugs present in breast milk; this leads to unnecessary weaning. Moreover, lactating women may stop taking medications at their own discretion and may not receive adequate treatment. Therefore, pharmacists are required to provide appropriate information to lactating women. In 2020, we conducted a questionnaire survey on 1781 pharmacists with the aim of investigating the actual situation of the provision of drug information by pharmacists to lactating women. The results showed that the information source that pharmacists place more importance on is the package itself, rather than databases and books, which are considered to be appropriate sources of information on the use of medicines by lactating women. Besides, more than 90% of pharmacists answered that they would like to participate in the study session. These results indicate that it is important to set up information sources that can effectively be used at workplaces and to organize study sessions for pharmacists with the support of National Center of Child Health and Development and other bodies. By improving the environment, with the aim of further improving the level of pharmacists, pharmacists will be able to provide accurate information more appropriately.