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Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volume 10, Issue 4

· pp. 236–311 · 15 articles

Volume
10
Issue
4
Published
Pages
236–311
Articles
15
Sections
4
ISSN
Online - 0974-8326
Journal
IJPP
Review ArticleMini ReviewResearch ArticleCase Report

In this issue

Review Article

  1. Review

    The Current Scenario of Clinical Pharmacy Service in the Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and Related Complications: Review Article

    Gebre Teklemariam Demoz, Gebremichael Gebremariam, Yirga Legesse

    pp. 237–247 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.50 · Published

    Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic disorder characterized by defect in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise worldwide, placed in an increasing burden on heal…

Mini Review

  1. Article

    Talk and Die Syndrome: An Unending Mystery

    Steffy Stanly, Thota Tejasree, VLD Nandini, S Ponnusankar

    pp. 248–250 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.51 · Published

    The Traumatic Brain Injury is one of the most leading cause of the increased mortality and morbidity rate in the current populace, which induces sub-dural hematoma, hence while talking itself the person will die and so n…

Research Article

  1. Article

    Drug Utilization Evaluation of HMG-COA Reductase Inhibitors in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

    Siva S, Shalini Mary John, Bhavya Rajan P, Roshan M, Narayana Swami V B

    pp. 251–259 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.52 · Published

    Drug utilization evaluation (DUE) is an essential component of pharmacoepidemiology, it describes the extent, nature and determinants of drug exposure. It is an ongoing, authorised and systematic quality improvement proc…

  2. Article

    Assessment of Rationality in Prescribing Practice of Antibiotics in Out Patient Department at Moradabad

    Aditya Sharma, Neelkant Prasad, Mayur Porwal, Alankar Shrivastav, Alankar Shrivastav, Najam Ali Khan

    pp. 260–264 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.53 · Published

    Objective:Rational use of drugs requires that patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical need. Prescription errors are the most common leading problems for patients and additional costs of the health syst…

  3. Article

    Prescription Writing Skills of Doctors Practicing in Dhule City of Maharashtra State: A Cross Sectional Survey

    Harish C. Jadhav, Arun S. Dodamani, Prashanthkumar Vishwakarma, Girija A. Dodamani, Mahesh R. Khairnar, Rahul G. Naik

    pp. 265–269 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.54 · Published

    Objective: Due concern growing regarding incomplete or illegible prescriptions, the present survey was undertaken to assess the prescription writing skills of doctors practicing in Dhule city. Material and methods:286 pr…

  4. Article

    Assessment of Adverse Effects of Most Commonly Prescribed Anticancer Drugs in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

    Salu Sunny, Athira Thampi, Johnkennedy J, Nishitha Shetty, Sajeev Kumar Babasahib, Chinju Chacko

    pp. 270–275 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.55 · Published

    Background:Chemotherapeutic agents account for high inclination towards adverse drug reactions due to its narrow therapeutic window, increased toxicity and highly complex regimen making pharmacovigilance studies essentia…

  5. Article

    Morbidity Pattern Study among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic at Community Health Centre

    Jalpa Suthar, Kripa Patel

    pp. 276–281 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.56 · Published

    Background:About half a million women die every year of causes related to obstetrics complication. Complication can arise at any time during pregnancy; child birth and post natal period and in absence of intervention, th…

  6. Article

    A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study on the Assessment of Public Knowledge, Attitude and Perception on Medication Errors

    Sivasankaran Ponnusankar, Ria Rose Roy, Subitha Babu, Elmutaz Belah Mohamed, Shilpa Cyril, Mohamed Kamal

    pp. 282–286 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.57 · Published

    Background:Medication errors could lead to various problems which include decreased therapeutic efficacy, added workload and financial burden, litigation problems and most importantly toxic effects in patients. Studies h…

  7. Article

    Prescribing Pattern of Cardiovascular Drugs - A Prospective Observational Study

    Blessy Rachel Thomas, Catherin TJ, Neetha Sabu, Lekshmi ES, Neenu Baby, Menaka K, Sivakumar T

    pp. 287–292 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.58 · Published

    Cardiovascular diseases are the most endangering illness prevalent in India. Compared to the past, cardiovascular diseases are showing an escalated trend due to the changes in lifestyle and social habits. Drugs are the b…

Case Report

  1. Article

    A Case Report on Purple Urine Bag Syndrome

    Kavya Nedamanuru, Sai Jyothi Dampetla, Divya Gopineni

    pp. 293–294 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.59 · Published

    Discoloration of urine is not uncommonly encountered in clinical practice and may indicate a significant pathology. However, the majority of instances are benign and occur as the result of trauma to the urological system…

  2. Article

    Scorpion Sting Decreases Pulse Rate and its Possible Management: A Case Report

    Khaled Feroz Chenna, Mohammad Jaffar Sadiq, Faisal Imran

    pp. 295–297 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.60 · Published

    Scorpion bites are more common in Saudi Arabia as like in other countries. Normally, the stings are harmless and well tolerated by adult humans, but, sometime around 30% of untreated cases may show up very serious clinic…

  3. Article

    Gingival Overgrowth on Chronic use of Amlodipine: A Case Report

    Muhammed Rashid Parambil Peedikkal, Juny Sebastian, Madhan Ramesh, Narayanappa Doddaiah, Sathya Narayana Prashanth

    pp. 298–301 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.61 · Published

    Background:Amlodipine, a calcium channel blocker (CCB) which is a commonly prescribed antihypertensive medication. Nifedipine is the CCB which is most frequently associated with drug induced gingival overgrowth.Case repo…

  4. Article

    Case Report on Ewing’s Sarcoma - A Defaulter Stepped into Metastasis

    Neetha Sabu, Blessy Rachel Thomas, Catherin TJ, Neenu Baby, Lekshmi ES, Apollo James, T Sivakumar

    pp. 302–304 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.62 · Published

    Ewing’s sarcoma is a very rare type of malignant tumour that grows in bones or the soft tissue around the bones, such as cartilage or the nerves. It usually affects people from the ages of 10 to 20 and has a high rate of…

  5. Article

    Sulfasalazine Associated Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN): A Case Series

    Adusumilli Pramod Kumar, Archana Saurabh, Vivekanandan Kalaiselvan

    pp. 305–307 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.63 · Published

    The important cases observed at Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) were disseminated to all its stakeholders and public at regular basis. In this article we discuss five such cases reported to the National Coord…

  6. Article

    Case Report on Intravenous Ranitidine Induced Anaphylactic Reaction in Cholangiocarcinoma Patient

    Khayati Moudgil, Sivasankaran Ponnusankar

    pp. 308–311 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.4.64 · Published

    Ranitidine hydrochloride being one of the most commonly used drugs and its use is well provident. Furthermore, anaphylactic reactions are rarely observed with the use of ranitidine hydrochloride. Hypersensitivity reactio…