Volume 3, Issue 2

Dilip Kumar V, Mahesh NM, Raghunathaguptha A

pp. 1–10

Citalopram is an antidepressant belonging to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Citalopram produces its activity by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin in the synaptic clefts. So, concomitant administration of dru…

Shah AM, Dhanani JV, Shah RB, Agrawal A, Gajjar BM

pp. 11–15

To evaluate the prescription pattern in terms of essentiality and rationality and assessment of Hospital pharmacy services utilization in tertiary care teaching rural hospital. A Prospective Observational Study was condu…

Kadir A, Subish P, Anil K, Ram B

pp. 16–22

In the process of treating a patient errors may occur at any stage of pharmacotherapy starting from the prescription writing, dispensing, administration and monitoring. The present study was conducted to identify the pot…

Mukesh Ratnaparakhi, Guru Prasad Mohanta, Lokesh Upadayay

pp. 23–27

This study was revealed with prescribing patterns of antipsychotic and monitoring practices of psychiatrists in Pune region. We were surveyed 100 psychiatrists in Pune region out of that 50 gave a positive response. This…

Mallik Santanu, Kumar Nilesh, Gautam Rajesh

pp. 28–33

This study reveals the status of disease malaria in Indian hilly areas with respect to availability of drugs and to identify the common causative parasites of malaria. The work was carried out in urban and rural areas of…

Vidhya D, Sriram S, Manjula Devi A.S, Rajalingam B, Shivashankar S, Chitra B, Rajeswari R

pp. 34–40

Antimicrobial resistance is an issue of great significance for public health at global level. The purpose of the study is to determine the susceptibility patterns of microorganisms to antibiotics and the prevalence of an…

Sayed Aliul Hasan Abidi

pp. 41–42

Counterfeit drugs are a menacing and deadly problem worldwide contributing to morbidity, mortality, toxicity, and drug resistance among the individuals. The proliferation of fake drugs is astounding, with over 100 countr…

Mohanta GP, Veena R

pp. 43–45

Medicines are perhaps the most important medical intervention in health care delivery systems. Thus the availability and easy accessibility to quality medicines by the public is an important component in health care serv…

Mahvash Iram, Shobha Rani. R.H, Megha Bhat.Y

pp. 46–49

The prototypical lesion of Erythema Multiforme is a targetoid dusky erythematous patch, found predominantly on the extremities, although many different morphologies may be observed. Lamotrigine is an anti epileptic drug …

Tapan Shah, Yogesh B. Shah, Amit Raval

pp. 50–53

The Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a rare immune-complex-mediated hypersensitivity disorder which affects 7 cases per million persons per year. This article describes a case study of a 22 year old male patient who was…