JP2001047773A - Medicine instruction, and its preparation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate the necessity for a patient himself to prepare a medicine-taking plan by displaying a prescription calendar on which, the using time and the dosage of a medicine are listed, on a medicine instruction, on which, medicine information such as the name of the medicine, a photograph of the outer shape of the medicine, the taking method of the medicine, the effects of the medicine, and cautions for the medicine is listed. SOLUTION: For a medicine instruction 1, on a paper 2 of an approx. B5 size, medicine information such as a medicine name 3, a color photograph 4 of the outer shape of the medicine, a taking method 5 of the medicine, the effects 6 of the medicine, and cautions 7 for the medicine is listed for each one of a plurality of prescribed medicines. Also, on the medicine instruction 1, a prescription calendar 8 using the unit of two weeks, wherein the using time 8a and the dosage 8b of the medicine are listed along the lower side of the medicine information column for each prescribed medicine are listed, is displayed separately from the column for the taking method 5 of the medicine. A patient can take medicines for daily use without mistakes even if the medicine taking method is complicated because a plurality of kinds of medicines are prescribed, by checking the prescription calendar 8 in the vertical direction, and selecting the medicines of the photographs conforming to the displayed instruction for the usage.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drug instruction book for providing a patient with information on a drug given based on a prescription in a hospital or pharmacy, and a system for preparing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, when a hospital or pharmacy provides a patient with a medicine based on a prescription, the name of the medicine,
Medication instructions are provided to inform patients about the indications of efficacy, effects, cautions, side effects, etc.In order to clearly and reliably perform the medication instructions, the name of the drug, the external photograph of the drug, the method of taking the drug, the It distributes a drug instruction book describing drug information such as indications on the efficacy and the drug, and displays the drug information directly on the medicine bag so that information on the drug to be used can be accurately transmitted to the patient.

[0003] The above-mentioned drug instruction book is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-9-3
It is quickly output by the drug information providing system disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 07722. Since the katakana display is many and the action is specialized, it is difficult to understand for the general public By writing the prescribed drug information on the documents and handing it to the patient, it is possible to convey the drug information more accurately than when explaining it verbally it can. Further, the drug instruction book disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-28878 discloses that a calendar for writing a dose result for each of a plurality of types of drugs is further written in a part of the drug instruction book. This makes it easy to record the results of the patient's taking, so that the doctor can look at this record and give reliable medication guidance thereafter.

Conventionally, when a plurality of types of drugs are administered, patients take the drugs by judging the timing and dosage for each drug by looking at the method of taking the drugs in the drug instruction manual. In addition, when recording the taking result, the patient himself / herself schedules taking a plurality of kinds of medicines from the description of the medicine instruction book, and records the executed taking result on a calendar.

[0005]

The conventional drug instruction book is
There is no problem in giving the patient instruction on the use of each drug if a simple usage, such as using all the multiple types of drugs at the same time, in the same amount, and at the same interval, is sufficient. If a complex combination of dosages, such as every other day, tapered dose, and dose escalation, is used, it is difficult to correctly explain the dosage and dosage for each drug, and to make sure that patients understand this. May receive medication with insufficient understanding.

[0006] Therefore, even if a correct description of taking each medicine is given in the medicine instruction book, if a plurality of kinds of administered medicines are used and the dosage is different for each medicine, a complicated combination of the taking methods is required.
Incorrect dosing may be done without the patient himself being specifically scheduled to do so.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to prevent misuse even when a plurality of types of drugs are used and the usage of each drug is complicated.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided a drug instruction book in which drug information such as a drug name, an external photograph of the drug, a method of taking the drug, a drug effect, and a caution about the drug is described. Since the medication calendar in which the use time and use amount of the medicine are described is described, there is no need for the patient to make a schedule for taking the medicine, and misuse of the administered medicine can be avoided.

In addition, since the above-mentioned medication calendar is described for each of a plurality of types of medication, even if a plurality of types of medication are made and a complicated combination is taken, the patient can enter the medication on the medication calendar. By following these instructions, the medicines to be used every day can be selected and taken without error.

The medicine guide may be formed with a stickable label, and may be stuck to a medicine bag.

[0011] The medicine instruction book may be formed of a medicine bag and substituted by a medicine bag.

[0012] Further, a storage device for the computerized drug information, a color printer for outputting the drug information, and a device requiring output from the drug information stored in the storage device are selected. An input device for controlling the respective devices, and a central processing unit for controlling the devices, and prints necessary information such as medicines stored in the storage device based on a command from the input device. In the preparation system of the drug instruction book to be output by the machine, by simultaneously outputting from the printing machine a medication calendar in which the usage time and usage amount are entered based on the information of the usage method output based on the instruction from the input device , Can automatically create a medication calendar.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of a medicine instruction book 1 according to the present invention. The medicine instruction book 1 has a medicine name 3 on a sheet 2 of a predetermined size, for example, about B5 size.
Drug information such as a color outline photograph 4 of the drug, a method of taking the drug 5, an effect 6 of the drug, and a precaution 7 for the drug is described for each of a plurality of administered drugs.

[0015] In addition, in the medicine instruction book 1, separately from the column of the medicine taking method 5, the use time 8a and the use amount 8b of the medicine are written along the lower part of the medicine information column for each administered medicine. The medication calendar 8 in units of two weeks is shown.

That is, the dosing calendar 8 includes morning, noon,
A single use amount 8b of the medicine is entered under the column of the take time 8a consisting of evening and before bed, and the take time 8a and the use amount 8b are specifically determined and instructed. In addition, each of the dosing calendars 8, 8, and 8 described for each administered drug is described with the date positions aligned in the vertical direction, so that the patient can understand the use time and amount of each of the plurality of drugs in a list. It is also a personal take calendar.

Thus, the patient can take each medication calendar 8,
By vertically listing 8, 8 and selecting and using the medicine in the photograph in accordance with the instructions in the notation, even if a plurality of kinds of medications are made and the administration method is complicated as a whole, the medicine to be used every day can be used without error. Can be taken.

In addition, even when it is necessary to report the result of taking the medicine to a doctor, the patient does not need to prepare a dosing calendar himself, and the dosing calendar 8 is based on the result of taking the medicine.
By simply checking, you can create a correct medication record and present it.

Further, the medicine instruction book 1 is not limited to the paper 2 shown in the figure, and the medicine instruction book 1 may be formed of a stickable label such as a tack label and attached to a medicine bag. Alternatively, the medicine instruction book 1 may be formed of a medicine bag and substituted by a medicine bag (not shown).

FIG. 2 shows an example of a drug guidebook creating system for automatically creating a drug guidebook 1 using paper 2, a drug guidebook using labels, and a drug guidebook using medicine bags according to the present invention. It is mainly composed of a general-purpose computer 9, an input device 10 composed of a drug price calculation computer connected to the general-purpose computer 9, and a color printing machine 11.

More specifically, a general-purpose computer 9, a storage device (fixed magnetic disk) 12 for storing computerized drug information including a color photograph of a drug, a central processing unit (CPU) 13, and a main memory Device (RAM) 14
And a keyboard 16 in the input circuit 15,
A disk device 17, a video capturing device 18 such as a digital camera, a video camera or a scanner, and an input device 9 are connected to each other.

Further, a color printing machine 11 is connected to an output circuit 19 of the general-purpose computer 10.

In order to utilize the drug guidebook creating system configured as described above, electronic drug information such as drug names, drug actions, usage, precautions, etc., including color photographs of the drugs, is stored in advance. It is stored in the device (fixed magnetic disk) 12. At this time, the keyboard 16 and the disk device 1
Although the information may be input using the image capturing device 7 and the video capturing device 18, it is preferable to use software for a database previously stored in the storage device (fixed magnetic disk) 12. In consideration of the fact that it is used in many and many hospitals and pharmacies, a disk such as a floppy disk or a CD-ROM in which information is stored in advance is stored in the storage device (fixed magnetic disk) 12 via the disk device 17. It is preferable to adopt means, and work can be performed easily and quickly.

For example, when the contents of a patient's prescription are input to an input device 9 composed of a drug price calculation computer at a pharmacy, a storage device for storing, for example, the patient's name, the name of a prescribed drug, etc., from its output circuit (not shown). An input signal for selecting one of the medicine information stored in the (fixed magnetic disk) 12 that needs to be output is input to the input circuit 15.

When the selection signal is input to the input circuit 15, the central processing unit 13 selects the drug information stored in the storage device (fixed magnetic disk) 12 which needs to be output, and outputs an output signal. To the output circuit 19,
1 by the color printing machine 11 connected to the output circuit 19.
Is printed as shown in FIG.

At this time, the central processing unit 13 takes the medicine by using the medicine information on the medicine such as the medicine name, the method of taking the medicine and the time (period) of the medicine and the table prepared in advance. Is generated, and output signals of these medication calendars are transmitted to the output circuit 19, and the color printing machine 11 connected to the output circuit 19 dispenses the medication at a predetermined position of the medicine instruction book 1 shown in FIG. The calendar 8 is printed at the same time.

When the medication calendar 8 is created, information on the drug history stored in the input device 9 or a timer circuit built in the general-purpose computer 10 is used.

As described above, according to the system for preparing a medicine guide, only by inputting necessary medicine information through the input device 9, the dose of the medicine, the number of days for taking the medicine, the dosing interval and the like are automatically calculated. The medicine instruction book 1 on paper 2 on which the medicine information and the medication calendar as shown in FIG. 1 are printed, the medicine instruction book with a label, and the medicine instruction book with a medicine bag are easily and quickly created.

In the above-described embodiment, the medicine to be administered has been described as an internal medicine. However, the medicine to be administered is not limited to the internal medicine, and the present invention can be applied to the medicine to be used in other forms such as a liniment and a patch. Needless to say.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the medication schedule in which the time of use and the amount of use are described in the drug instruction book is described, so that the patient himself does not have to make the work of taking the drug or mistakes in the schedule. In addition, even if the patient does not fully understand how to take the medicine, the patient can avoid misuse of the administered medicine by following the instructions written in the medication calendar.

In addition, even if a plurality of types of medication are administered and the administration method becomes complicated such as every other day, a tapered dose, or an escalated dose for each drug, the dosing calendar shows the time of use for each of the drugs used. The patient can see the medication calendar and take the daily medication without error. In addition, a correct medication record can be presented to the doctor only by checking the medication calendar on the medication calendar.

According to the system for preparing a medicine guide according to the present invention, a simple operation of inputting necessary medicine information to an input device is used to display a medication calendar in which use time and use amount are entered. It is possible to easily and quickly create a drug instruction book using a sheet of paper, a drug instruction book using a label, and a drug instruction book using a medicine bag.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a drug instruction book of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a system for preparing a drug instruction book according to the present invention and a block circuit diagram thereof.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Drug instruction book, 3 Drug name, 4 Outline photograph of drug, 5
How to take the drug, 6 efficacy of the drug, 7 precautions for the drug, 8 medication calendar, 8a usage time, 8b usage, 9 input device, 11 printing machine, 12 storage device, 1
3 central processing unit,

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. In a drug instruction book in which drug information such as a drug name, a photograph of the drug, a method of taking the drug, the efficacy of the drug, and cautions about the drug is described, the time and amount of use of the drug are described in the drug guidebook. A drug instruction book, which is characterized by a medication calendar in which is written. 2. The medicine instruction book according to claim 1, wherein the medicine calendar is displayed for each of a plurality of kinds of medicines administered. 3. The medicine guide according to claim 1, wherein the medicine guide is formed of a stickable label. 4. The medicine guide according to claim 1, wherein the medicine guide is formed of a medicine bag. 5. A storage device for computerized drug information, a color printer for outputting the drug information,
An input device for selecting one of the medicine information stored in the storage device that requires output, and a central processing unit for controlling each device, based on a command from the input device Among the information such as medicines stored in the storage device, in a medicine guidebook creating system for outputting a necessary one by a printing machine, based on information on a usage method output based on a command from the input device. A drug instruction book creation system, wherein a medication calendar in which the use time and usage amount are entered is simultaneously output by a printing machine.