Volume 6, Issue 4

Shantanu K, Bhagwat P

pp. 1–6

Indian regulators recently enforced two new clinical trials regulations namely “122 DAB- Compensation in case of injury or death during clinical trial” [Drugs & Cosmetics (First Amendment) Rules, 2013] & “122 DAC, (1) Pe…

Aliakhtar A, Amer HK, Tanveer A, Salman M

pp. 7–14

The prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection with HIV is significant. Co-infection with the two viruses is not uncommon. It is well established that worldwide approximately 4 to 5 mi…

Bhagavan P S

pp. 15–17

Hospital and Pharmacy Practices: Many people right from lay common man to medical and healthcare fraternity are not aware that the health and medical care system is incomplete without “pharmacy practice' service. The iss…

Vinod KM, Ashish D

pp. 18–21

Objective:To compare the efficacy of Drotaverine- Aceclofenac combination with Aceclofenac alone in treatment of postoperative spasm and pain. Methods: In a prospective Randomized Clinical Trial, patients undergoing lapa…

Mahendra Kumar BJ, Soumya Mathew, Ramesh S, Uma Maheswari D, Hymavathi R, Srikanth MS

pp. 22–26

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the foremost public health problems, curable disease if diagnosed and treated properly with antituberculosis drugs. In addition to disease related complications there are serious adverse drug …

Sirajudeen S.A, Danapal CK, Abdulla NK, Sam DP, Khalid MA

pp. 27–32

Introduction:Achievement and maintenance of tight glycemic control in type II diabetes require insulin when oral hypoglycemic agents fail to achieve target HbA1C. There is a lack of uniform consensus as to which of the r…

Sainul A.P, Chandrasekaran K, UmaMaheswaran U, Vijaykumar A, Kalaiselvan V, Pradeep M, Binny T

pp. 33–38

Tuberculosis (TB) hampered with poor patient compliance and intolerance at least partially due to adverse drug reactions (ADRs). A prospective observational and interventional healthcare teamwork study was carried out to…

Chidambaram D, Ajith A, Arulkumaran KSG, Sivagnanam TR

pp. 39–44

The prevalence and the number of people living with diabetes in India is increasing every year, which imparts a burden on the economic growth. The studies related to the healthcare cost of diabetes are limited in India. …

Radhakrishna A, Umadevi P, Vedavathi T, Naresh S, Upadhyayula K.S.K, Mythili A, Rajeswara Rao P, Vijaya Ratna J

pp. 45–49

Purpose:This study aims to compare high cost and low cost anti-diabetic products by a HRQOLstudy. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, prospective, observational study carried out in a private endocrinology clinic which p…

Hiral P, Shobha Rani R.H, Nalini P, Ramjan S, Sunitha CS

pp. 50–55

Background:The overall burden of asthma in India is estimated at more than 15 million patients. It can place considerable limitations on the physical, emotional, social and professional lives of patients, with substantia…

Praveen KG, Arun K

pp. 56–63

Aprospective study was conducted to evaluate the drug utilization of HMG-CoAreductase inhibitors (statins) in a tertiary care teaching hospital to ensure rational use, safety, prescribing pattern and economic strategy fo…

Khaled MA, AsifAnsari Md, Anwar HA Md.

pp. 64–66

Objectives: To determine the prevalence, risk factors and the pattern of prescribing of antihypertensives in Abha. Methods:A survey of prevalence and prescribing pattern in patient with hypertension in primary care centr…

Ravinandan AP, Ramesh A

pp. 67–68

This is a case of 74 year old male patient with memory loss. The patient is a known case of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension. He was recently diagnosed to have herpetic neuralgia and treated with Pregabalin 75 mg a…

Kanaka Durga V, Britto DL, Shanmugapriya S, Saravanan T

pp. 69–71

A 67-year-old South Asian male with type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and ischemic heart disease was admitted with dry gangrene of right leg second toe. Angiography of right lower limb revealed peripheral vascular d…

Hisham Md, Vijayakumar A, Rajesh N, Sivakumar MN

pp. 72–74

Traditionally it was believed that the cow dung has germicide property. In modern era, due to unavailability of actual cow dung people started using commercially available synthetic one. The synthetic cow dung powder cal…

Swarnali D.P

pp. 75–76

This study focuses on four interesting cases of sickle cell anaemia in rural areas of Chhattisgarh (CG) state. CG is a young state of growing central India with highest resources of minerals, iron, herbals and rice cerea…