Table 1.

Example of excerpts from tōbyōki blog.

Name of disorder	Excerpt from each tōbyōki bloga
Breast cancer	I showed my leg with a ruptured blister to my doctor. He said it is a side effect of docetaxel and it needs a long time to be cured. Also, I was advised to avoid secondary infection from this site.
Depression	After changing clinics, I reduced the number of drugs I’m taking. At first I couldn’t help being nervous, but I’m feeling well now; morning milnacipran 15 mg, alprazolam 0.4 mg, mid-afternoon alprazolam 0.4 mg (as needed), evening milnacipran 15 mg, alprazolam 0.4 mg. That’s all.
Rheumatoid arthritis	Thanks to my second dose of etanercept, the pain in my joints is completely gone! Because of this dramatic improvement, my doctor reduced my prescription of methotrexate to 2 mg/day, and also promised to reduce my steroids, too. I am really happy because I can escape from the side effects of steroids, which are the hardest thing for me...

^aAll entries are translated from Japanese. To protect patient privacy, minor changes were made to texts while maintaining the meaning of original contexts.