Volume 10, Issue 4

Gebre Teklemariam Demoz, Gebremichael Gebremariam, Yirga Legesse

pp. 237–247 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.50 · 2017

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disorder characterized by defect in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise worldwide, placed in an increasing burden on heal…

Steffy Stanly, Thota Tejasree, VLD Nandini, S Ponnusankar

pp. 248–250 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.51 · 2017

The Traumatic Brain Injury is one of the most leading cause of the increased mortality and morbidity rate in the current populace, which induces sub-dural hematoma, hence while talking itself the person will die and so n…

Siva S, Shalini Mary John, Bhavya Rajan P, Roshan M, Narayana Swami V B

pp. 251–259 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.52 · 2017

Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is an essential component of pharmacoepidemiology, it describes the extent, nature and determinants of drug exposure. It is an ongoing, authorised and systematic quality improvement proc…

Aditya Sharma, Neelkant Prasad, Mayur Porwal, Alankar Shrivastav, Alankar Shrivastav, Najam Ali Khan

pp. 260–264 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.53 · 2017

Objective:Rational use of drugs requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical need. Prescription errors are the most common leading problems for patients and additional costs of the health syst…

Harish C. Jadhav, Arun S. Dodamani, Prashanthkumar Vishwakarma, Girija A. Dodamani, Mahesh R. Khairnar, Rahul G. Naik

pp. 265–269 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.54 · 2017

Objective: Due concern growing regarding incomplete or illegible prescriptions, the present survey was undertaken to assess the prescription writing skills of doctors practicing in Dhule city. Material and methods:286 pr…

Salu Sunny, Athira Thampi, Johnkennedy J, Nishitha Shetty, Sajeev Kumar Babasahib, Chinju Chacko

pp. 270–275 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.55 · 2017

Background:Chemotherapeutic agents account for high inclination towards adverse drug reactions due to its narrow therapeutic window, increased toxicity and highly complex regimen making pharmacovigilance studies essentia…

Jalpa Suthar, Kripa Patel

pp. 276–281 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.56 · 2017

Background:About half a million women die every year of causes related to obstetrics complication. Complication can arise at any time during pregnancy; child birth and post natal period and in absence of intervention, th…

Sivasankaran Ponnusankar, Ria Rose Roy, Subitha Babu, Elmutaz Belah Mohamed, Shilpa Cyril, Mohamed Kamal

pp. 282–286 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.57 · 2017

Background:Medication errors could lead to various problems which include decreased therapeutic efficacy, added workload and financial burden, litigation problems and most importantly toxic effects in patients. Studies h…

Blessy Rachel Thomas, Catherin TJ, Neetha Sabu, Lekshmi ES, Neenu Baby, Menaka K, Sivakumar T

pp. 287–292 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.58 · 2017

Cardiovascular diseases are the most endangering illness prevalent in India. Compared to the past, cardiovascular diseases are showing an escalated trend due to the changes in lifestyle and social habits. Drugs are the b…

Kavya Nedamanuru, Sai Jyothi Dampetla, Divya Gopineni

pp. 293–294 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.59 · 2017

Discoloration of urine is not uncommonly encountered in clinical practice and may indicate a significant pathology. However, the majority of instances are benign and occur as the result of trauma to the urological system…

Khaled Feroz Chenna, Mohammad Jaffar Sadiq, Faisal Imran

pp. 295–297 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.60 · 2017

Scorpion bites are more common in Saudi Arabia as like in other countries. Normally, the stings are harmless and well tolerated by adult humans, but, sometime around 30% of untreated cases may show up very serious clinic…

Muhammed Rashid Parambil Peedikkal, Juny Sebastian, Madhan Ramesh, Narayanappa Doddaiah, Sathya Narayana Prashanth

pp. 298–301 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.61 · 2017

Background:Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker (CCB) which is a commonly prescribed antihypertensive medication. Nifedipine is the CCB which is most frequently associated with drug induced gingival overgrowth.Case repo…

Neetha Sabu, Blessy Rachel Thomas, Catherin TJ, Neenu Baby, Lekshmi ES, Apollo James, T Sivakumar

pp. 302–304 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.62 · 2017

Ewing’s sarcoma is a very rare type of malignant tumour that grows in bones or the soft tissue around the bones, such as cartilage or the nerves. It usually affects people from the ages of 10 to 20 and has a high rate of…

Adusumilli Pramod Kumar, Archana Saurabh, Vivekanandan Kalaiselvan

pp. 305–307 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.63 · 2017

The important cases observed at Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) were disseminated to all its stakeholders and public at regular basis. In this article we discuss five such cases reported to the National Coord…

Khayati Moudgil, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar

pp. 308–311 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.64 · 2017

Ranitidine hydrochloride being one of the most commonly used drugs and its use is well provident. Furthermore, anaphylactic reactions are rarely observed with the use of ranitidine hydrochloride. Hypersensitivity reactio…