Volume 2, Issue 3

Sunitha C Srinivas, Natisha Dukhi, Wendy Wrench

pp. 1–7

Although the incidence of chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) is increasing, CNCDs were not included in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (2000) which focussed on the major global challenges of commun…

Patil JS, Kulkarni RV, Marapur SC, Dalavi VV

pp. 8–12

This article aims to focus on need of changes in the Pharmacy education in India and proposed role of clinical Pharmacist in the healthcare system. A thorough search of literature was carried out and critically compared …

Babitha K. Vazhayil, Jayakrishnan S.S

pp. 13–15

Pregnancy is a normal physiological phenomenon associated with marked hormonal and biochemical changes in the maternal circulation which facilitates the metabolic, vascular and immunological adjustments necessary for the…

Mahvash Iram, Shobha Rani. R.Hiremath

pp. 16–18

Health economics shed's light on the concept of making decisions about resource allocations at the time of scarcity of resources and increased demand, by evaluating the rationale of choices in terms of their cost and ben…

Sam A T, Naga Jothy Nagesvararao, Nager Devi Vampanan, Sharon T X X S, Arumugam D

pp. 19–30

This study was undertaken to determine the incidences of self-medication by means of patient data analysis in a defined time period, in a community pharmacy in Taiping (Malaysia). This was a data format-based retrospecti…

Mandavi M, Padmavathi R, Mangu R, Pramil T, Vinay K

pp. 31–37

It is well known that due to physiological changes, elderly patients are prone to suffer from Drug-Related Problems (DRPs). By the year 2040, the elderly will account for 14% of total global population. Since the elderly…

Ramani G.K., Dholakiya R.B, Patel G.F

pp. 38–41

The Dialysis patients require life time treatments which may cause side effects that impair their quality of life. Studies have shown that when pharmacists were involved in the care of dialysis patients, significant impr…

Vasantha Janardhan, Kousalya K, Ramalakshmi S, Vanitha Rani N, Kannan G, Jyothsna G, Uma M R C

pp. 42–47

To study the cardiac and non-cardiac safety of amiodarone and measure the efficacy of amiodarone in restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm. 35 patients on amiodarone therapy were examined for its safety and efficacy duri…

Adepoju G.K.A

pp. 48–52

These two artemisinin-combination therapies (ACTs) have been found to be rarely prescribed due to various reasons relating to both clinical and marketing promotional considerations. This study aims at uniting these facto…

Rekha Bisht, Bhattacharya S, Katiyar A

pp. 53–57

Antibiotic resistance has become a major clinical and public health problem within the life time of most people living today. The liberal use of third-generation cephalosporins in hospitals has been associated with the e…

Sabry E.Y

pp. 58–63

Topical steroids are the mainstay of therapy in atopic dermatitis. However, as massive colonization of lesional and non-lesional skin of atopic dermatitis patients with staphylococcus aureus had been proved to exist and …

Dixon T, Seeba Zachariah, Molly M, Vijaya R. C

pp. 64–66

A 70 year old male with chronic asthma was presented to the hospital pharmacy in a primary health center in Kannur, India. The patient was unable to walk without help was tired and was experiencing wheezing with his brea…