Kusuri-no-Check

"Check-up Your Medicines to Save Your Life"

No.6 Antibiotics Part2

Contents

Message: Lessons Learned from "Kusuri-no-Check"

SUZUKI, Toshihiro
Lawyer (Japan)

Main Feature: Antibiotics Part2

　
■The main culprit behind emergence of resistant bacteria
　Prolonged and pointless use for cold and after surgery
HAMA, Rokuro
■Letters from readers: Antibiotics for children
■Side Effect of antibiotics---"Just in case" medication can be fatal.
■Common Severe side effects of antibiotics
OHTSU, Fumiko
■Column: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and antibiotics for animals
■Relatively common side effects of antibiotics
■Right method to prevent surgical infection
　Single use of antibiotics just before surgery
■Survey for doctors:
　The survey on knowledge about and prescription attitude toward the prevention of surgical infection among supervisors at educational hospitals
■"Therapeutic Guidelines Antibiotics" for propagation of appropriate treatment
■Drug information leaflet for patient (antibiotics)

Series

■The Relay Essay "Yells for pharmacists"
HARUMOTO, Sachiko
■Tricks in Assessment/Approval of New Drugs:
　Is it true that costs of antibiotics used before surgery could not be reimbursed by health insurance?
SAKAGUCHI, Keiko
■Film : Como agua para chocolate (Like water for Chocolate)
TANIDA, Noritoshi
■Bioethics in Lay Language 6 "History of Bioethics"
TANIDA, Noritoshi
■Subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON: Clioquinol-induced toxic nerve disease)
IZUMI, Kohichi
■Visit1: Atopy- Steroid Information Center (ASIC) 10th Anniversary Symposium
　"Treatment for atopic dermatitis"
■Visit2: Sapporo Freedom School "YU"
　A serial seminar "Drug disaster and human rights", Special Project
■Visit3: ISDB Declaration on Therapeutic Advance in the Use of Medicines

New Series

■Interview by Editor in Chief
　With Mr. HANAI, Jugo (Delegate, Osaka HIV Suit Plaintiffs)

Topic

■Sudden cardio-pulmonary arrest by asthma inhaler, Berotec erosol (MDI)

■Editorial
　Single use of antibiotic right before surgery is an essential surgical treatment.
HAMA, Rokuro

■Readers' Voice

■Correspondence

Words Frequently Heard at Hospital

  • Hospital infection-----Prevention by frequent hand wash and disinfection
  • Prick test----- Liquid medicine on small scar: observe the response
  • Intradermal test-----Applied to diagnosis of tuberculosis and hypersensitivity
  • Side effect----of which vigilance is important as well as of drug disaster.
  • Leaflet for patients and drug inserts----Clear description of side effects is essential