Volume 9, Issue 1

Atul Kadam, Shitalkumar Patil, Sachin Patil, Anil Tumkur

pp. 2–8 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.2 · 2016

Introduction:Medication disposal is an alarming issue today and gaining more and more awareness from the healthcare professionals as well as consumers. Pharmacists have the potential to be on the forefront of this moveme…

Ozgur Aydin, Hamit Yasar Ellidag, Esin Eren, Necat Yilmaz

pp. 9–13 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.3 · 2016

Background:After forty years, the literature on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is still contradictory. Researchers need to share their experiences to build up a concencus on basics of TDM. Material and Methods: The el…

B. Rajalingam, Achsah Susan Alex, Adreen Godwin, Chinnu Cherian, Clincy Cyriac

pp. 14–18 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.4 · 2016

Introduction:Rational use of antibiotics is important, as antibiotic resistance is not only a problem for the individual patient but also reduces effectiveness of established treatment and has become a major threat to pu…

Shrishail S Patil, Aastha Rawal, Anuraj R, Sabbu Rahul, Hiremath Doddayya

pp. 19–25 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.5 · 2016

Background:Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity around the world, infecting approximately 8 billion people, with an annual death rate of close to 1 million. The present study was conducted…

Himanshu Patel, Shobha Churi, Parthasarathi Gurumurthy, Ramesh Madhan

pp. 26–31 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.6 · 2016

Background:Patient care services provided by clinical pharmacists should be evaluated periodically to ensure the quality of service. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate impact of standard operating procedure…

Ponnusankar Sivasankaran, Megha Gupta, Roopa Basutkar Satyanarayan, Raja Durai

pp. 32–36 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.7 · 2016

Background:Several literatures have reported adverse drug reaction between 5.9 to 22.3% among hospitalized patient in India and western countries respectively. The present study was undertaken to know the incidence of ad…

Sahithi Bogireddy, Mohanraj Rathinavelu, Rajeswari Kalimuthu, Yiragamreddy Padmanabha Reddy

pp. 37–42 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.8 · 2016

Background:Healthcare organization is a sector where patient is the main focus where improving the patient outcome is the imperative function. Patient satisfaction survey helps in evaluating the quality of the services p…

Nisha Rajan, Binai Kochunni Sankar, Prasad Sivanna Mruthyunjaya

pp. 43–48 · 2016

Introduction:Paediatrics are a group of population vulnerable to many infections. Among these infections, the burden of RTIs are growing faster day by day because of the poor lifestyle, polluted environment and even inad…

Venkaraddi Magannavar Chandrashekhar, Allu Harikrishna, Prasanna kumar, Nambari Hemanthkumar, Majjaru Chandrakanth

pp. 49–56 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.10 · 2016

Introduction:Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) Reporting is provides safety and Improves strength of Drug adverse reaction to the Drug. Such ADR reporting programs encourage surveillance for ADRs, promote the reporting of AD…

Adhirai Raveendran, Jayadev Betkerur, Sindhughata Ashok Archana, Adusumilli Pramod Kumar, Madhan Ramesh, Gurumurthy Parthasarathi

pp. 57–59 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.11 · 2016

Toxic epidermal necrolysis also known as Lyell's syndrome is a rare but potentially life threatening severe cutaneous adverse reaction with widespread epidermal detachment and mucosal erosions. Drug exposure and a result…

Anup jagarlamudi, Asma Begum, Nazmeen Saba, Mahalakshmi Teegala

pp. 60–62 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.12 · 2016

Phenytoin is a hydantoin derivative with a narrow therapeutic index and is indicated in GTCS, nonepileptic seizures, status epilepticus, neuritic pain, as skeletal muscle relaxant, ventricular arrhythmias unresponsive to…

Ranakishore Pelluri, Shaik Shafiya Begum, Nallajerla Sowmya, Medarametla Jyothsna, S. Prathyusha, Yedluri Divya, Tadipudi Poornachand, Thirupathi Vivek Reddy, Kakumanu Jhansirani, B. Umamounika, Nadendla Ramarao

pp. 63–64 · DOI: 10.5530ijopp.10.1.4 · 2016

A 40 yr old male patient suffering with GERD was initially prescribed with Pantoprazole 40 mg OD for 15 days. After the treatment, suddenly the patient started feeling uncharacterized dizziness and fatigue. The patient c…