Research
Individual perceptions of medication therapy and the patient-healthcare professional relationship
(Iihara)
Patients may accept or refuse their medication therapy based on their personal beliefs, circumstances, and information available to them. In turn, patient perspectives on medication therapies can influence the effectiveness and safety of their treatment. We addressed the relationship between patient's perceptions of medication therapy and their adherence to medication regimens. We also investigated the correlation between the individual perceptions and preferences for medication therapies and their side effects spanning a range of severities.
Development of a regional healthcare network system working alongside electronic prescriptions
(Iihara, Kirino)
We are developing a regional healthcare network system that works alongside the transmission of electronic prescriptions that sends, in one direction, a patient's healthcare record such as diagnosis and clinical laboratory information along with the electronic prescription from hospitals and/or clinics to the community pharmacy. In the return direction, supporting information for the prescription, including generic equivalents and pharmacists' advice such as potential adverse events is sent to the prescriber. This system enables healthcare professionals to more effectively share patients' medical information for increased medication efficacy and safety.
Modulation of multi-drug resistance related protein transport by interaction with dietary supplements
(Akira Nakatsuma)
An interaction is taken to be the situation in which administration of a drug or substance induces changes in the pharmacokinetics of another simultaneously administered drug- by increasing either the plasma or intracellular concentration of the latter, and thus giving rise to the possibility of an adverse reaction.