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Name Ikumi Ito
Belonging department Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Occupation name Lecturer
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Title

Issues of counseling sales by pharmacists in the OTC conversion of dimethothiazine, a prophylactic drug for headache

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Date of Issue

202303

Conference Presentation(name)

The 143rd Annual Meeting of The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (in Sapporo).

Summary

A questionnaire survey was conducted to identify issues in counseling sales of dimethothiazine, a headache prophylaxis drug that is being considered as a candidate for a switch OTC drug, suggesting that the ability to distinguish between migraine and other types of headaches may make a difference in how patients are treated.