Volume 5, Issue 3

Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India

1. Article

   Sociocultural, Healthy Nutrition & Eating, Exercise Pattern and Use of Ayurvedic Medicines in Pregnancy

   Ingle P.V, Chaudhari S.L, Dighore P.N, Surana S.J

   pp. 5–12

   Pregnancy is a convoluted process in women's life. We still do not understand all the intricacies of pregnancy, in terms of both foetal development and a mother's ability to adapt to and provide for a foetus. For better …

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2. Article

   Drug Induced Syndromes: An Overview

   Mahendra Kumar BJ, Soumya M, Jyothi K, Jagadish B. D

   pp. 13–19

   Many drugs have come into the market in recent years and its usage is increased for multiple disorders which in turn leads to poly pharmacy and increased drug related problems. One such drug related problem is Drug-induc…

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3. Article

   Prospective Monitoring and Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions associated with Antiplatelet and Antiepileptic Drugs in a South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

   Varun T, Sebastian J, Ramesh A, Narahari MG, Keshava Bs, Harsha S

   pp. 20–24

   Aprospective monitoring of adverse drug reactions associated with antiplatelet and antiepileptic drugs was carried out in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Patients diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or ischem…

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4. Article

   Pharmacoeconomic Analysis of Asthma in Pediatric Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in Kerala

   Stejin J, Kishor KV, Nandha KN, Srinivasan A, Arul PKC, Kannan S

   pp. 25–29

   Bronchial asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood, responsible for a significant proportion of the abstinence from school. The objective of our study was to determine the total direct and indirect cost of …

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5. Article

   A Retrospective Evaluation of the use of Thiazolidinediones in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus in a Private Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah

   Smitha F, Padma R, Multani SK, Meenakshi J

   pp. 30–35

   Diabetes Mellitus is a major public health problem affecting around 800,000 people of United Arab Emirates (about 19.2 per cent of the th population). Thus the country is ranked as the 10 worldwide in terms of highest pr…

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6. Article

   Comparison of days lost due to disability and Karnofsky performance status in burden of diclofenac induced adverse drug reactions

   Thomas D, Mathew M, Mahendra Kumar B.J

   pp. 36–39

   Basic objective of this study was to find out the benefit of Days Lost due to Disability (DLD) over Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) in detecting the burden of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) of diclofenac tablet in clin…

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7. Article

   The Prevalence of Polypharmacy in South Indian Patients: A Pharmacoepidemiological Approach

   Mohammed S.S, Sreenath M.K, Vishnu V.G, Jose F, Siraj S.T, Anand V.P.R

   pp. 40–44

   The study conducted assessed the prevalence of polypharmacy and identified the individuals particularly at risk of polypharmacy.Data collection was based on the prescriptions collected from patient's hospital records and…

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8. Article

   Associated socioeconomic status with illness behavior in tuberculosis patients undergoing DOTS therapy

   Munsab A, Manju S, Abul Kalam Najmi, Faisal I, Santanu M, Ravinder K M

   pp. 45–48

   The aim of the present study was to investigate whether socioeconomic status can influence the illness behaviour of tuberculosis patient. The present study was a prospective for which we compared tuberculosis patients (c…

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9. Article

   Prescription Monitoring Study of Antipsychotic Drugs in Geriatric Population at Tertiary Level Referral Hospital in Rural India

   Dilip. C, Dinesh K.M.K, Divya R, Lisa M.M

   pp. 49–52

   An attempt was made to assess the prescription monitoring pattern of anti-Psychotic drugs in geriatric patients treated at tertiary level referral hospital and to rationalise the prescription habits of the clinicians. Th…

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10. Article

    A Hospital Based Crosssectional Study on Early and Late onset Psoriatic Patients

    Deepthi E, Vijayakumar S, Ramchander D

    pp. 53–56

    Psoriasis is a common, chronic disfiguring inflammatory disease of the skin characterized in most cases by well defined scaly, red and indurate plaques mainly over extensor surfaces but also often involving other areas o…

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11. Article

    Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psychiatric Outpatients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Kerala

    Linu Mohan P, Jishnu NA, Remya P J

    pp. 57–61

    Psychiatric disorders are among the leading causes of global morbidity. These are often chronic and need treatment with psychopharmacological agents for prolonged periods often extending up to a lifetime. The bulk of the…

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12. Article

    Assessment of Drug Prescribing Patterns in Dermatology Outpatient Department in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Malabar, Kerala

    Mohamed Saleem T.K, Dilip. C, Nishad V.K

    pp. 62–68

    Skin diseases in developing countries have a serious impact on people's quality of life. Occasionally skin diseases can be a manifestation of systemic diseases. Aprospective study was carried out over six months (August …

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13. Article

    Assessment of Knowledge Perception and Attitudes on Medications in General Population

    Aishwaryalakshmi K, Sasikala B, Sreelalitha N, Vigneshwaran E, Padmanabha YR

    pp. 75–78

    Modern medicines have changed the way in which diseases are managed and controlled. Despite all their benefits, evidence continues to mount that adverse reactions to medicines are common, yet often preventable, cause of …

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14. Article

    APossible Case of Filgrastim-Induced Death

    Pawar V, Krishna S.N, Narayana G, Sadiq J, Thomas D

    pp. 79–80

    This is a case report focusing on a 50 year old woman's death possibly due to Filgrastim. Filgrastim is considered to be a drug of choice in neutropenic cases. But in this case, Filgrastim has developed several severe Ad…

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