Volume 12, Issue 2

Ramjan Shaik

pp. 65 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.16 · 2019

On behalf of the entire team of ijopp, I thank the authors for contributing their articles in this issue, and the reviewers involved in the publication process.This is my first editorial in which I wish to discuss one of…

Anisha Thomas, Anuja Solomon, Tanushree MN, Akhila S Arjun

pp. 66–69 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.17 · 2019

Edaravone, a free radical scavenger, is the only neuroprotective agent for ALS. Free radicals play a crucial role in brain ischemic injury by exacerbating membrane damage through peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids o…

Tarun Wadhwa, Hanin Jalal, Madlin Merghani, Aaesha Al Shehhi

pp. 70–76 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.18 · 2019

Medication adherence practices are becoming an important concern for healthcare professionals and patients. Globally, medication non-adherence is quite prevalent and affecting the healthcare of patients leading to inadeq…

Aditya Mundra, Dimple Jain, Vikas Raman Chandrakar, Jitendra Dewji Lakhani

pp. 77–83 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.19 · 2019

Background: Insulin, being the mainstay of treatment for type1 and certain situations in type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM), is still not properly utilized. Thus, this study was done to know the barriers that lead to suboptim…

Maneesha Erraboina, Karthik Gopagoni, Abhilash Manthen, Sangram Vurumadla, Suresh Bandari

pp. 84–91 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.20 · 2019

Objectives:Increasing health care cost is a major concern in the developing world and has increased the economic burden for a common man. Pharmacoeconomics refers to the scientific discipline that compares the value of o…

Ganpisetti Ramesh, Kanneganti Sundeep, Challa Anitha, Sravya Malika, K Rani Samyuktha, SK Sharmila, P Srinivasa Babu

pp. 92–96 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.21 · 2019

Aim and Objectives:1) To assess incidence of medication errors. 2) To evaluate percentage of patients admitted with adverse drug reaction. 3) To evaluate percentage of Error Prone Abbreviations. 4) To analyze the adverse…

Gulipalli Sowjanya, Katta Amulya, Rama Priyanka, Karnati Gayathri, B. Rajesh, Ganpisetti Ramesh, P. Srinivasababu

pp. 97–102 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.22 · 2019

Aim:To find out the association of the renal disease with the use of proton pump inhibitors. Objective: To quantify if an association between the renal disease with the use of PPIs. Method: This is a prospective observat…

Jiji Keezhipadathil

pp. 103–110 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.23 · 2019

Background and Objective:The objective of the study was to evaluate and analyse ADRs in type II diabetic patients and to determine the causality, severity and preventability of reactions. Methods:460 diabetic patients on…

Devender Kodati, Sowmya Tirumala, Rishitha Krishna Kantheti, Joseph Priyatham Reddy Thumma

pp. 111–116 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.24 · 2019

Objective:The present study is a retrospective observational and a non-comparative descriptive study, to evaluate the clinical manifestations, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment regimen and mainly the adverse effects ass…

Naresh Sah, Balakeshwa Ramaiah, Raju Koneri

pp. 117–125 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.25 · 2019

Objective:Irrational use of drugs in medical practice is a major health problem. The objective of this study was to audit the prescriptions, categorize the types of errors identified by a clinical pharmacist, improve the…

Sai Deepak Gali, Deepishka Pemmasani, Durga Prasad Thammi Setty

pp. 126–128 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.26 · 2019

Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARV) drugs are always given in combination of two or three drugs like Tenofovir, Lamivudine, Efavirenz and is often referred as HAART therapy. Though it has potential to reduce the disease progress…

Vanishree Prakash Babladi, Neelkanthreddy Patil, Manjunath G, Pooja V Salimath, Sheetal R Ninne, K Mukteshwara Chary

pp. 129–132 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.27 · 2019

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID) are one of the most commonly prescribed drugs and their nephrotoxic effects are well known. Diclofenac is one of the Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that exert anti-inf…

Riyaz Miya, Ashok Kumar Malpani, Sangamesh Keri, Rohit Panagaon

pp. 133–135 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.28 · 2019

Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS) or Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) is a life threatening immune complex mediated hypersensitivity reaction which mainly involves skin and mucous membrane. SJS is generally induced by the dr…

Bogireddy Bindu Priyanka, D Guru Prasanna, S. Krupa, B. Sreenivasulu

pp. 136–139 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.29 · 2019

Corticosteroids are the drugs that are used commonly now a days as pain relievers, but these corticosteroids can affect the own immune system by suppressing. So, corticosteroids are the one of the reason for occurrence o…

Choudary Annie Sheeba, Sushanta Kumar Das, Sharadha Radhakrishnan, Konde Abbulu

pp. 140–144 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.30 · 2019

Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disorder that affects the exocrine glands and characterized by the development of lympho-plasma cell infiltrate, which causes progressive loss of glandular function. Primary fo…

Atheena Mukundan V, S. Jayakumari

pp. 145–147 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.31 · 2019

Background: Vitamin E is not a hormone but acts like a hormone (Progesterone). As well as reduce the negative effects of too much androgens. It can also improve insulin sensitivity and inflammation, so remain the most ef…

Anees Sefrin Siyad, Aparna Jayadevi Rajendran, Zachariah Thomas, Remya Prakash

pp. 148–149 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.32 · 2019

Idiopathic facial nerve paralysis or Bell’s palsy is a non-progressive neurological disorder that leads to temporary facial paralysis involving the damage or trauma to the seventh cranial nerve. It can occur due to the e…

Syed Zia Inamdar, Pradeepthi Katragadda, Abhishek Bijjargi, Raghavendra Vinayakarao Kulkarni, Pooja Bijjargi, Bhagyashree Gahtad

pp. 150–153 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.12.2.33 · 2019

Piperacillin tazobactum is an extended spectrum pencillin belonging to uriedopencillin class used in the management of polybacterial infections. A 37 year old male patient admitted to the hospital with the chief complain…