Japan Pharmaceutical Association
investigated a situation of unused prescribed medicine in 2007. According to
the result, approximately 40% of the investigated home care patients have experiences
of remaining or neglecting taking prescribed medicines. The sum of those unused
medicines will amount to 3,220 yen per person per month.
Accounting the expenses of medicines occurred
for over 75 years old with the above number, the total sum of unused medicines
will be 475 million yen. It is a huge number.
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