Kusuri-no-Check

"Check-up Your Medicines to Save Your Life"

No.5 Antibiotics

Contents

Message from Abroad

Gilles Bardelay
Director General, la revue Prescrire (France)

Main Feature: Antibiotics

‘What kind of drugs are antibiotics
HAMA, Rokuro
‘Problems in the use of antibiotics in Japan
AOKI, Makoto
‘Common diseases for children-"cold" and "diarrhea"- and antibiotics
HAYASHI, Keiji
‘Various species of bacteria and antibiotics
‘Urinary tract infection and sexually transmitted disease
KIMOTO, Yasusuke
‘Things to remember in antibiotic therapy
‘Drug information leaflets for patients @Penicillin (amoxicillin)-----Essential
‘Column: Influenza, influenza vaccination, and anti-virus agent

Series

‘Film
SAKAGUCHI, Keiko
‘The Relay Essay "The revival of the past"
HARUMOTO, Sachiko
‘Tricks in Assessment/Approval of New Drugs
@What is the evidence for the approval of "brain-tonic agent"?
‘Bioethics in Lay Language 5 "Bioethics of clinical trial@for equivalence testing"
TANIDA, Noritoshi
‘Report from Washington D.C.
AMANO, Yoshiko

New Series

‘The history of drug disaster: Leprosy in near-contemporary medicine
MIYAMAE, Chikako

Topic

‘The third factor (causal agent) for cold-related encephalopathy (brain damage)
@Drugs that induce hypoglycemia

‘Editorial
@"Effective antibiotics must be used with caution"
HAMA, Rokuro

‘Coffee Break
@"Don't be deceived by advertisements (2)" Voglibose (Basen) : a pill for diabetes

‘Readers' Voice

‘Correspondence

Words Frequently Heard at Hospital

  • Antibiotic---Successive emergence of resistant bacteria
  • Infection---Induced by microbes etcc
  • MRSA---Bacteria resistant to a specific remedy
  • Antibacterial agents---Synthesized chemical substances
  • Side effects of brain-tonics ---impaired movements etc.