Volume 14, Issue 1

Bhagya Venkanna Rao

pp. 1 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.1 · 2021

We have all heard the word ‘Vaccination’ from a young age. Vaccination is a simple, safe and efficient mode of safeguarding humans against infectious diseases. Vaccines improve one’s immunity by stimulating the body’s na…

Priya Saji Koliyakodu, Rona Sudhakar, Manesh Mathews Kurian, Jishnu R. K, Raj Kumar, V. Lalitha, Haja Sherief, T. Sivakumar

pp. 2–8 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.2 · 2021

Aim:To analyze the incidence of adverse drug reactions due to chemotherapy by studying the prescribing patterns and thereby evaluating their causality and severity. Materials and Methods:It was a prospective observationa…

Shafeera Korangal, Dilip Chandrashekar, Christy Mary Joseph

pp. 9–13 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.3 · 2021

Background: Drug utilization evaluation is a systematic quality improvement process that is designed to assess the rational use of medicines in the populations. This study is designed to analyze the utilization pattern o…

Chinonyerem Ogadi Iheanacho, Valentine Uche Odili

pp. 14–19 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.4 · 2021

Objective:The evolution of pharmacy practice to a more patient centred practice will be most beneficial if the practitioners have positive perception towards the practice. The purpose of this study was to explore pharmac…

Ahmed Abdulrahman Albarraq

pp. 20–26 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.5 · 2021

Background: Prescription writing errors can significantly impact the pediatric population. Aim:To audit the physicians’ prescription writing pattern for pediatric outpatients in primary healthcare centers in Saudi Arabia…

Rajasmith Paul McGrath, Murugakadavul Arumugavignesh, Rajaram Abishek, S. Uduman Mohamed Afreeth, Nagendran Ponraj, Rajagopal Vigneswaran

pp. 27–31 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.6 · 2021

Objectives:The aim of the study is to know about the drug utilization pattern among geriatric patients in a district headquarters government hospital using World Health Organization indicators. Among all age groups, geri…

Jothieswari Dhamotharan, Durga Prasad Dinesh Kumar, Lakshmi Raj Sulochana Rajasekaran, Vinnayak Mondal, Rachana Panner Selvan, Shaik Arshad Mohammad Shaik, Ravi Roshni, Thanakanti Bhargavi

pp. 32–40 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.7 · 2021

Background: Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (ARTIs) are one of the most commonly occurring diseases. Importantly, ARTIs are the most prevalent disease among children, especially for 2 to 6 year old children. ARTIs are…

Charitha Bollavaram, Karteeka Bhukya, Shravani Komuravelli, Chandrashekar Valupadas, Sharvana Bhava Bandaru, Venkateshwarlu Eggadi

pp. 41–45 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.8 · 2021

Objectives: To review Pantoprazole drug use, prescribing patterns and promote appropriate pantoprazole use. Methods: The study is prospective and observational conducted in inpatients of a tertiary care teaching hospital…

Chinonyerem Ogadi Iheanacho, Valentine U. Odili, Kennedy Emeka Oluigbo

pp. 46–53 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.9 · 2021

Background:A major way to achieve improved drug therapy is through effective practice of Drug Information Services (DIS) by pharmacists. Aim: The study assessed the drug information needs from community and hospital phar…

Arjun Singh, Richa Chaudhary, Prayas Verma, Nilanchal Trivedi, Md. Shamim

pp. 54–59 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.10 · 2021

Introduction:COVID-19 is a pandemic disaster and a health emergency of prime focus for all the world economies. Various prophylactic treatments are considered to combat the disease. Hydroxychloroquine drug is one such op…

Swarna Priya B, Heeba Begum J, Yuga Priya M, Fathima Beevi

pp. 60–61 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.11 · 2021

Since the global pandemic outbreak has been deteriorating over the current scenario with no definite treatments available the mortality rate has been elevated and the reasons divulge is because of the shorter incubation …

Umesh Yadav, Prashant Kumar Sah, Mahadevamma L

pp. 62–64 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.12 · 2021

Hyperammonemia refers to a rise in the level of ammonia in the blood. Ammonia is a normal component of all body fluids and the body excretes excess ammonia as urea after synthesis in the liver by enzymes commonly called …

Poludasari Shravan Kumar, Bomma Tharuni

pp. 65–67 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.13 · 2021

Etoricoxib is a selective cyclo-oxygenase enzyme-2 (COX-2) inhibitor which is majorly indicated in the treatment of inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and gout. Etoricoxib selectively inh…

Prathyusha Kusuma, Bhargavi Neela, Balasankar Ramavath

pp. 68–71 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.14.1.14 · 2021

Gestational trophoblastic disease is a group of interrelated lesions arising from the trophoblastic epithelium of placenta after abnormal fertilization. It is a disease of women with pregnancy related tumors. Invasive mo…