Volume 15, Issue 3

Shangavi Vellingiri, Sharmila Nirojini Palanisamy, Nithyakala Pushpanathan, Nithya Raju, Malarvizhi Palanivel, Vaishnavi Devi Chinraj

pp. 162–166 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.31 · 2022

Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have become more common in India, and they are linked to lengthier hospital stays. Colistin (Polymyxin E) is a clinically employed antibacterial inactive prodrug of colistin sul…

Meriga Pramod Kumar, Tiruttani Sasi Kumar, Dornadula Girirajsekhar

pp. 167–171 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.32 · 2022

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are the drugs which commonly prescribed and consumed by worldwide. NSAIDs are the several drugs which are having the high risk of inducing SJS or TEN. SJS or TEN are the cut…

Zainabath Sazmi, Sanjiv Karale, Sharanya S Rao, Amrutha Sathyan

pp. 172–176 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.33 · 2022

Introduction:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is characterized by chronic airflow limitation and a variety of structural changes in the lung, some severe extra pulmonary consequences, and significant comorbidities t…

Sachin J. Dighade, Shramika A Chore, Sunit D Gaurkar

pp. 177–183 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.34 · 2022

Bacterial infection is responsible for various activity including respiratory, urinary tract, gastrointestinal and abdominal infections. Ciprofloxacin HCl, a second-generation fluroquinolone antibiotic that can treat a n…

Hiren Rasikbhai Devani, Charmiben Sunilbhai Patel, Mansi Chetan Modi

pp. 184–190 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.35 · 2022

Background: Medication reconciliation is the method in which patient’s medication orders were compared to all the medications that the patient has been taking. This Reconciliation process for circumvent the medication di…

Prudence A Rodrigues, P.S.M. Gayathri, Devaki O. N, Nawaf Abdulla, S.L. Ravi Shankar, Karan K, K. Abimaheshwaran

pp. 191–197 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.36 · 2022

Background:One of the major consequences of Self-medication with antibiotics is Antibiotic resistance. Poor community knowledge and attitude towards antibiotic use is a major concern. This study aimed at assessing and im…

Maddela Vinay Kumar, Mohammad Mohasin Pasha, Gandla Varshith, Borampeta Pravalika, Mudugu Shameela

pp. 198–204 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.37 · 2022

Introduction: Drug related problems (DRP) negatively impact the quality of life of the patient and increase the burden of illnesses in terms of economic and social factors. In order to reduce medication errors, adverse r…

Conrial Marion Tauro, Jagadish V Kamath, Mohammed Mishal, Zainabath Hateefa

pp. 205–209 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.38 · 2022

Introduction:A decrease in the Glomerular Reduction Rate, urinary abnormalities, or anatomical abnormalities of the renal tract are all signs of chronic kidney disease. Objectives:The main aim of our study is an assessme…

Deepthi Cheravathoor Denny, Gunaseelan Balamanikandan, M Radhakrishnan, Sona Sabu

pp. 210–217 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.39 · 2022

Background:Chronic kidney disease is a longstanding disease which leads to gradual loss of kidney function causing renal failure. Although medications are more effective, Increase in the number of drugs can lead to vario…

Segun Johnson Showande, Victor Olumuyiwa Babalola

pp. 218–226 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.40 · 2022

Background:Medication package inserts (MPIs) provides patients with appropriate information on the rational use of drugs. This study evaluated the level of conformity of MPIs with the regulatory drug labelling requiremen…

Nikhilesh Andhi, Aluru Sravya, Sate Praneetha, Sri Romoju Govinda Raghavi, Kancharla Kusuma

pp. 227–234 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.41 · 2022

Aim:To find out the safety and tolerability of cisplatin either given as individual therapy or in combination with other anticancer drugs or with radiotherapy.Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study was …

Smit Patel, Sharvari Kolte, Hemal Magdalia, Sandipkumar Bhatt, Rohit Patel

pp. 235–243 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.42 · 2022

Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) based educational intervention to improve liquid medication measuring ability of parents/ caregivers. Simultaneously, to assess parents’ meas…

Roland Nnaemeka Okoro

pp. 244–248 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.43 · 2022

Because of the nature of their practice and location, community pharmacies subject their owners and employees to heightened risk from theft, fire, and malpractice, among other threats. As a result, liability insurance is…

Ramesh Ganpisetti, Aikaterini Lalatsa

pp. 249–252 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.44 · 2022

Given that coronavirus is new to the world, staying informed is vital. The world does not know much about curing the virus but experts in the pharmacy field should take it upon themselves to keep the public informed on w…

Dhruv Zaveri, Riki Patel, Pankti Solanki, Jay Rane, Miral Thakkar

pp. 253–255 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.15.3.45 · 2022

Tramadol is most commonly used opioid analgesic. It has a very rare and serious endocrine metabolic side effect as hypoglycaemia. The reason behind hypoglycaemia is still unclear but it may lead due to increased insulin …