Volume 6, Issue 3

Ingle PV, Patel RA, Patil PH, Surana SJ

pp. 16–20

Development of a new drug molecule is very long and expensive operation. Out of 9000 to 10,000 compounds, one (on average) will actually reach to the market. In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced …

Mahendra Kumar BJ, Sowmya M, UmaMaheswari D, Hymavathi R, Ramesh S

pp. 21–27

Formulary is a continually revised compilation of pharmaceuticals and some important ancillary information that reflects the current clinical judgement of medical staff. This prospective survey study was carried out to d…

Mallesh Mandha, K. Purushothama Reddy, K. Ravindra Reddy

pp. 32–35

To evaluate the occurrence of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) in the children who are hospitalized, the follow-up processes resulting from it and to evaluate the reporting of ADRs by health care professionals. The occurren…

Ramalakshmi S, Anita Ramesh, Kondaviti Sahini, Katta Sai Babu, Kousalya K, Saranya P

pp. 36–39

The encumbrance of cancer is rising worldwide. Cancer therapy has threat within it that go beyond cure. The biggest impediments for cancer patients to face are the toxicities associated with chemotherapy. With this backg…

Kumpakha A, Bhattarai S, Sharma S, Paudel HC

pp. 40–45

Lack of knowledge on antidepressant medication and negative attitude are barrier of compliance. This study was conducted with the aims to improve patient compliance in antidepressant therapy through counselling and to st…

Sibi PI, Chithra AR, Christy MS, Divya R, Dhanooja PJ, Elizabath NX, Shinjisha UP, Pramod C

pp. 46–48

Today in our world most couples will have to face a challenge of infertility in their life. Infertility is the inability to conceive a child despite attempts to become pregnant over a course of 12 months. The main object…

Patil PJ, Patil MJ, Patil VR, Deshmukh TA, Band SS

pp. 49–52

Fixed dose combinations (FDCs) of pharmaceutical products are flourishing in the Indian pharmaceutical market. It was found out that many FDCs were irrational. In consequence to that, some FDCs have been withdrawn from t…

Santosh KS, Sandesh KV, Jayram P

pp. 53–56

Acute poisoning is a global problem of the world which has steadily increased over the past few years. It is an important cause of morbidity and mortality which is increasing day by day in developing countries. The morta…

Seema Sharma, Shobha Rani R H, Geeta Subramanyam, Mahvash Iram

pp. 57–61

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a public health problem. Patients having CKD/ end stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing haemodialysis deal not only with stressful chronic illness but complex and demanding treatment regim…

Mukhtar Ansari

pp. 62–64

Prescribing and dispensing antibiotics are quite common which may vary from disease to disease, hospital to hospital and prescriber to prescriber. Prescribing antibiotics haphazardly does not only devastate the resources…

Safna AMM, Suchandra S

pp. 65–67

Migraine, a chronic neurological disorder accounts for about 90% of the total workdays lost by an individual. Migraine with a peak onset of action at second and third decades of life exerts a tremendous burden on patient…

Trusha Patel

pp. 68–72

Pharmacovigilance serves to detect previously unrecognised adverse events associated with the use of medicines. The simplest method for detecting signals of such events is crude inspection of lists of spontaneously repor…