Contents

Kusuri-no-Check

"Check-up Your pills to Save Your Life"

No 10

Letter from abroad

Wolfgang Becker Bueser
Arznei-telegram (Germany)

Corticosteroids Pulse Therapy

■No evidence of pulse-therapy with very high dose corticosteroids
Q and A

HAMA, Rokuro

■Acute spinal injuries: false evidence

KIMOTO, Yasusuke

■Ulcerative colitis: Japanese local therapy with no evidence

TANIDA, Noritoshi

■Nervous system disorders: very limited evidence

BEPPU, Hirokuni

Topical Corticosteroids (by editorial team)

• Strength of topical steroids and difference in absorption rate by body parts
• List of strength and identification codes of major topical preparations
• Important information of corticosteroid topical preparations for patients

Drug Information Leaflets for Patients (by editorial team)

• How to read drug information leaflets for patients
• Individual drug information leaflet

1. Prednisolone: Essential
2. Hydrocortisone (oral): Essential
3. Hydrocortisone (injection): Essential

Series

■Medicine in films:
Spinal Injuries in Films

KIMOTO, Yasusuke

■Tricks in the approval of new medicines
Tricks in the approval of Iressa (Gefitinib): an anti-lung cancer drug

SAKAGUCHI, Keiko

■Bioethics in lay language (10)
History bioethics in Japan (2)

TANIDA, Noritoshi

■Essay: "Why and how I stopped to take anti-cancer medicine?"

TANIDA, NoritoshiHARUMOTO, Sachiko

■History of Drug Disasters: injection-induced muscle contractions

TANIDA, NoritoshiKISHI, Mitsuya

■Interview by the Editor:
(Essential drug campaign coordinator: Medicines Sans Frontieres Japan)
"Essential drug campaign by Medicines Sans Frontieres"

Guest: HIRABAYASHI, Fumiko

Topics

■What is prostatic cancer?
Is screening tests necessary? Is resection necessary?

KIMOTO, Yasusuke

Editorial by NPOJIP

■Iressa (gefitinib) should be banned. Full disclosure of information and complete inspection by the third party is inevitable

HAMA, Rokuro

Correspondence