Volume 2, Issue 2

Bhavesh B. Patel, Sanjay Tiwari, Brahmeshwar Mishra

pp. 14–24

Clinical trial is a study wherein human participants are prospectively assigned to one or more health related interventions to evaluate their effect on health outcomes and prove the quality, safety and effectiveness of a…

Baravkar A A, Sawant S D, Bhise S B, Dhabale P N

pp. 25–30

Herbal medicinal products (HMPs) are widely used all over the world because of their ready availability, consideration as safe to use and lack of medical consultation. But, it is proved that interaction can occur between…

Raja Rakesh Chandra P, Adepu Ramesh

pp. 31–37

An open prospective study was conducted to implement ADR reporting system in Community pharmacies and analyze the pharmacists reported ADRs using the causality assessment scales. Structured training was offered to the se…

Ganachari MS, Mahendar Kumar BJ, Gurunath S, Shashikala CW

pp. 38–42

Continuing pharmacy education (CPE) is a structured educational activity intended to support the continuing development of pharmacists to maintain and enhance their competence in profession. The concept of continuing pha…

Adepu Ramesh, Betsy Anitha Babu, B G Nagavi

pp. 43–51

A prospective, open label, randomized study was conducted in a South Indian state for nine months to assess the impact of pharmacist provided patient education on knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and quality of lif…

Kannan G, Vasantha J, Vanitha R N, Thennarasu P, Christa D M, Uma Maheswara R C

pp. 52–57

Stroke is one of the major challenges facing medicine with a scaring statistics of being the third leading cause of mortality world wide after heart disease and cancer, and primary cause of serious long term disability. …

Bhise SB, Salunkhe VR, Wachasundar NP

pp. 58–65

The present study aims at evaluating the clinical efficacy of antidiabetic polyherbal Ayurvedic formulation Madhujeevan Churna containing Stevia rebaudiana on 45 NIDDM patients. Madhujeevan Churna was formulated using kn…

Khan NA, Chattopadhyay P, Abid M, Patra A, Maheshwari KK, Wahi AK, Kaviarasan PK, Mohanta GP

pp. 66–70

The standard treatment guidelines and essential drugs are the basic tools for assisting health professional to choose the most appropriate medicine for the given patient with a given condition. It should be followed by t…

Geetha K, Abhay Dharamsi, Vijayakumar A, Vijayan K

pp. 71–73

Migraine exerts a tremendous toll on the quality of life of affected individuals, their families, and society as a whole. Migraine is associated with considerable disability that undermines normal function and results in…

Kuchake VG, Maheshwari Od, Surana SJ, Patil PH, Dighore PN

pp. 74–80

Hypertension is not a disease but an important risk factor for cardiovascular complication. This type of medical audit and appropriate feedback on usage of antihypertensive medications may greatly assist the health care …

Praveen Kumar N V R T, Mohanta G P, Manna P K, Manavalan R

pp. 81–83

Obesity is common in many parts of the world and the prevalence of Obesity seems to be increasing in most part of the world, even where it used to be rare. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that the preval…

Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Asrul Akmal Shafie, T. Jayabalan, Subish Palaian

pp. 84–85

From the historical time of apothecary, dispensing of medicines is considered as a professional obligation of the pharmacists. While dispensing the medicines, the pharmacists come in contact with the patients and thus en…