Volume 11, Issue 3

Sunitha Srinivas

pp. 110 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.24 · 2018

Public health history is marked by several momentous events, and 12th September 1978, was one of those. Delegation from 134 countries, 67 international organisations, and many non-governmental organisations joined the Wo…

Raja Sree Gadde, Divya Teja Dhanenkula, Sowjanya Kammila, Dharani Nelluri, Manjusha Polisetty, Sowmya Kaniganti, Yamini Vadlamannati, Siva Reddy Challa, Lakshmi Pavani Anne, Krishna Sri Nalla, Sravya Gethika Dammalapati

pp. 111–115 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.25

Background:The use of “triggers” to identify Adverse Drug reactions (ADRs) is a novel emerging method for measuring the overall level of harm from medications in a health care organization. Our main objective is to deter…

R H Mishal, H B Mishal

pp. 116–118 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.26 · 2018

Since the inception of Pharmacy education in 1937 in India, the past few decades have experienced a dramatic change in it. In 1948 the Pharmacy Council of India drafted the nation’s first standards for Pharmacy practice.…

N. A. Desai, R. Y. Tiwari, S. S. Patel

pp. 119–125 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.27 · 2018

Objective:The aim of the present study was to determine prevalence, etiology of PCOS and its association with various factors in school going girls in Ahmadabad region. Study design: A cross-sectional community based stu…

Inamdar Syed Zia, Pradeepthi K, Ashwini N, Soumyashree L, Kulkarni R.V

pp. 126–129 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.28 · 2018

Background:ADRs are one of the foremost reasons of illness and death, adding to overall preventive medicine cost. Reporting of such adverse drug reactions are critical parameter of medical treatment. The present study as…

Anju P R, Abubaker Siddiq

pp. 130–133 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.29 · 2018

Non-adherence to treatment is an important and often unrecognized risk factor that contributes to reduced control of blood sugar hence this study aims at assessing the level of medication adherence and compliance to insu…

Shrishailgouda S. Patil, Sreekanth. S, Berlin Baby, Adireddy Sravani, Grandhe Geethika, Doddayya Hiremath

pp. 134–140 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.30 · 2018

Background:Inappropriate use of drugs especially antibiotics, in the treatment of cellulitis results in therapeutic failure and recurrence of cellulitis. Drug use evaluation is a performance improvement method that focus…

Prudence A. Rodrigues, Ndayishimye Samuel

pp. 141–147 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.31 · 2018

Context:clinical outcomes of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitors can be beneficial for the patients in controlling high blood sugar it can also cause potential adverse effects Aim: The main objective of this study was to a…

B. Ramya Kuber, D. Avanthi, CH. Sri Lalitha Vaishnavi, S. Jigisha Varma

pp. 148–151 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.32 · 2018

Aim: To collect prescriptions from patients, to assess the prescribing pattern in accordance with the available guidelines.Objective:The main objective is to study the Prescribing pattern of antibiotics in hospital paedi…

Jyoti P. Patel, Sandip P. Bhatt, Omprakash Sinha

pp. 152–157 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.33 · 2018

Background: Radiopharmaceutical plays a critical role in modern medicine primarily for the diagnostic purpose, but also for monitoring disease progression and response to treatment. Identification, resolution and prevent…

Syed Zia Inamdar, Apsy P, Rosy J, Kulkarni R.V, Gazala K, Kavaya H, Bhuneshvari A, Sapna H

pp. 158–163 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.34 · 2018

Background: The concept of pharmaceutical care was introduced in developed countries about three decades ago. Pharmaceutical care is the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcome…

Manjunath G, Sheetal N, Pooja S, Neelkantreddy P, Snehasri Y

pp. 164–166 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.3.35 · 2018

Stevens-Johnson syndrome is mucocutaneous cell mediated hypersensitivity reaction which affects 2 to 3 cases per million. SJS is generally rare, but potentially life threatening and commonly drug induced. We report a cas…

pp. 167

The article published titled “Prospective study of Medication Adherence Pattern in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease And Asthma Patients in Tertiary care Teaching Hospital” in Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol…