Poor pharmacological adherence to inhaled medicines compared with oral medicines in Japanese patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Yohei Imamura,
• Tomotaka Kawayama,
• Takashi Kinoshita,
• Yuki Sakazaki,
• Makoto Yoshida,
• Koichiro Takahashi,
• Kazuhiko Fujii,
• Masaru Ando,
• Tomoaki Hoshino,
• Tomoaki Iwanaga,
• Hirotsugu Kohrogi,
• Yoichi Nakanishi,
• Hiroshi Mukae,
• Kentaro Watanabe,
• Shinichiro Hayashi,
• Junichi Kadota,
• Toshihiko Ii,
• Hiromasa Inoue,
• Takao Tochigi,
• Jiro Fujita,
• Hiroshi Nakamura

Affiliations

Yohei Imamura

Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Tomotaka Kawayama

Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Takashi Kinoshita

Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Yuki Sakazaki

Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Makoto Yoshida

Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Koichiro Takahashi

Division of Hematology, Respiratory Medicine and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan

Kazuhiko Fujii

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Masaru Ando

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yuhu, Japan

Tomoaki Hoshino

Division of Respirology, Neurology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Tomoaki Iwanaga

Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Fukuoka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Hirotsugu Kohrogi

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Yoichi Nakanishi

Hiroshi Mukae

Kentaro Watanabe

Shinichiro Hayashi

Junichi Kadota

Toshihiko Ii

Hiromasa Inoue

Takao Tochigi

Jiro Fujita

Hiroshi Nakamura