[Assessing the Effects of Prescription Adjustment and Medication Non-adherence Associated with Medication Efficacy Classifications from Leftover Drugs through the SETSUYAKU-BAG Campaign].

[Assessing the Effects of Prescription Adjustment and Medication Non-adherence Associated with Medication Efficacy Classifications from Leftover Drugs through the SETSUYAKU-BAG Campaign]. Yakugaku Zasshi. 2018;138(10):1313-1322 Authors: Kobayashi D, Koyanagi K, Kubota T, Sakamoto Y, Kihara T, Miisho T, Kasaki T, Kunitake M, Takeshita F, Ando E, Baba T, Seo T, Tanaka T, Shimazoe T Abstract  The increase in medical expenditure has been worsening and poses a serious social problem. Commonly, leftover drugs are retained by patients. We estimated the possible reduction in prescription rates by appropriately reusing leftover drugs, and investigated the medication efficacy classifications that render leftover drugs due to the medication non-adherence. A retrospective cross-sectional survey of prescription data was performed at community pharmacies engaged in the appropriate reuse of leftover drugs through the SETSUYAKU-BAG campaign. We evaluated the drug costs and number of drugs originally prescribed, the reduction in expenditure and numbers after the use of leftover drugs, and then calculated the prescription reduction ratio (PRR) based on the number of drugs. Factors contributing to non-adherence were analyzed by the PRR. After reviewing the prescription information of 1792 patients, the reduction rate in drug expenditure was found to be 20.1%. Purgatives, Chinese medicines, and agents for peptic ulcer had higher PRRs and belonged to t...
Source: Yakugaku Zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tags: Yakugaku Zasshi Source Type: research