Volume 5, Issue 1

Patel P, Chang J, Srivastava J, Patel I, Balkrishnan R

pp. 2–11

Controlling and reversing the spread of AIDS/HIV is the key focus of the 6 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) proposed by United Nations. One of the critical links for attaining MDG 6 targets is India. India has one of th…

Majid MSA

pp. 12–15

Diarrhoea is the most common problem in pediatric population. Different causes and types of diarrhoea has been identified, i.e., diarrhoea during antibiotic treatment, non rota virus diarrhoea, or based on severity of di…

Mahendra Kumar BJ, Naveen KHD, Chakrapani K, Sowmya M

pp. 16–20

Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in clinical set up for patient care because of their analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties. Most of the NSAIDs can cause gastrointestinal d…

Beulah S, Uma MR, Balaji S

pp. 21–27

Aim:To compare the efficacy and tolerability of different antihypertensive drugs in diabetic patients with hypertension. Materials and methods: A prospective, comparative study was conducted in 370 diabetes patients suff…

Bijoy KP, Vidyadhar RS, Palak P, Chintan SP, Atmaram PP

pp. 28–33

Dermatological problem in India manifests as primary and secondary cutaneous complaints. Among them allergy and itches are widely observed in most of the patients. Periodic auditing of prescriptions is essential to incre…

Charles I. Tobin-West, Foluke O. Adeniji

pp. 34–39

Anti-malarial drugs rank high among the drugs administered by patent medicine vendors in Nigeria. Many local inhabitants erroneously perceive these vendors as well knowledgeable on health matters and can be relied on or …

Pramil T, Rajiv A, Gaurav G

pp. 40–44

IntroductionDrug prescribing is a skill that needs to be refined on a continuing basis. It reflects physician's skills and attitude toward diagnosis of an ailment and selection of appropriate treatment. In view of this, …

Amrita P, Kharbanda B

pp. 45–51

This study was aimed to determine the awareness of nurses of Delhi (India) about Adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and their involvement in activities related to pharmacovigilance. A questionnaire was distributed and…

Elizabeth ST, Kia RA, Yagnik RM, Nagaraju K

pp. 52–56

Our study describes the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) utilization patterns in Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital and Research Center during January 2008 to May 2011. More research studies are required …

Giri D, Seeba Zachariah, Dixon Thomas

pp. 57–60

Objective:The main objective of the study was to screen the occurrence of Vaccine- preventable disease (VPD) in the rural Anantapur area in South India by reviewing the diseases treated in the most popular referral hospi…

Vishvas Garg

pp. 61–66

Currently, more than 250 million people are suffering from diabetes mellitus (DM) worldwide. The purpose of this paper was to determine and compare the impact of the drug induced adverse drug reactions (ADRs) caused by b…

Vijayakumar S, RamChandra D, Narmadha R

pp. 67–70

Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a unique pattern of cutaneous drug reaction, characterized by skin lesions that recur at the same site or sites each time the drug is administered. Acute lesions appear as round or oval, shar…