Self-Medication and Self-Care of My Case.

In my three-ways interview in yesterday, I heard that the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law revised on May 14th 2025 from my president.

It seems Japanese lawmakers is struggling to make citizens learn emotions of self-care.

In Japanese case, medical care is national health insurance and patients' burden is about 10-30%.

It's convenient to patients, but it needs much medical expenses, particularly drug costs.

And presence of pharmacists is a far weaker than physicians.

So, to reduce drug costs, Japanese lawmakers is struggling to make citizens learn emotion of Self-Medications and Self-care.

I receive medications of

Anti-allergy

Anti-atopic disease(steroids)

Antihypertensives

Alcohol Deterrent and so on.

But I had thought it's OK of OTC, not prescription drugs about anti-allergic and anti-atopic drugs.

So, yesterday, I bought OTC of anti-allergic and anti-atopic drugs.

But, only anti-allergic drugs and anti-atopic ointment for 28 days, it needs over 5,000 yens.

Under insurance, prescription of anti-allergic drugs and anti-atopic ointment for about 30 days needs only about 3,000 yen.

So, it may be naturally that Japan prefer prescription to OTC when they become ill.

It's likely to need more discussion whether anti-allergic drugs and anti-atopic drugs should take off from insurance or not.

But, in my case, it's OK for me to take OTC for atopic disease.