Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice
Volume 11, Issue 1
· pp. 1–60 · 10 articles
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Published
- Pages
- 1–60
- Articles
- 10
- Sections
- 4
- ISSN
- Online - 0974-8326
- Journal
- IJPP
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
Pioglitazone - A Bullet for Many Targets!
Deepalakshmi M, Haritha Atluri, Arun KP
pp. 3–6 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.2 · Published
Obesity and aging has resulted ever increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in many developing countries including India. Among the various classes of anti-diabetic agents including being used in the clinics, thiazolidin…
Research Article
- Article
Community Pharmacists Knowledge, Behaviours and Practice of Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting in Lagos State, Nigeria.
Stella Folajole Usifoh, Isabel Naomi Aika, Valentine Uche Odili, Jerome Onyisi Nwokoro
pp. 7–13 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.3 · Published
Introduction: Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting is essential to ensure safe use of medication. Objective:To assess community pharmacists’ knowledge, behaviours and practice of ADR reporting in Lagos State. Methods: T…
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A Survey Based Study for the Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Community Pharmacy Personnel on Good Pharmacy Practice in Hyderabad, India.
Anup Jagarlamudi, Asma Begum, Mahalakshmi Teegala
pp. 14–24 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.4 · Published
It has been more than two decades since the Good pharmacy practice guidelines were framed by WHO-FIP jointly and also The IPA had also framed the Good pharmacy practice guidelines 16 years back. The main objective behind…
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Drug Utilization Evaluation of Levofloxacin at a Secondary Care Center in Hyderabad, India
Anup Jagarlamudi, Aftab Pasha, Maneesha Rettala, Shravya Nalimela, Ajesh Jogi
pp. 25–31 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.5 · Published
Drug use evaluation is an ongoing, systematic, criteria-based program of medicine evaluations that will help ensure appropriate medicine use. If therapy is determined to be inappropriate, interventions with providers or …
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Study of Medication Error in Hospitalised Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital
Sandip Patel, Ashita Patel, Varsha Patel, Nilay Solanki
pp. 32–36 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.6 · Published
AIM: The aim of the present investigation is to study the incidence medication error (ME) in hospitalized patients in a tertiary care hospital. Further, the study was aimed to categorize medication error in the hospitali…
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Incidence and Factors Associated with Drug Related Hospital Admissions in a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital
Sravya Gethika Dammalapati, Siva Reddy Challa, Prasad Challa, Mohammed Irfan, Kavitha Chanumolu, Ravindra Babu Pingili, Krishna Sri Nalla, Eswar G
pp. 37–43 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.7 · Published
Objective:The study aimed to assess the incidence, nature of drug related hospital admissions (DRHAs) and factors associated with DRHAs.Method: A retrospective study was conducted to evaluate the medical records of patie…
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Quality of Life in Stroke Patients Using SSQoL Scale and Barthel Index
Mohanraj Rathinavelu Mudaliar, Samhitha Reddy Yiragamreddy, Priyanka Pichala Tejashwani, Sowjanya Umapathi, Nagamani Sake, Sreedhar Sharma
pp. 44–50 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.8 · Published
Introduction: Stroke is a major catastrophic event majorly defining morbidity and mortality in patients. The assessment of quality of life after stroke is becoming common with the recognition that evaluation of treatment…
Case Series
- Article
Steroid Psychosis: A Case Series of Three Patients
Vineetha Bharathan Menon, Ansu Anie Sunny, Pratibha Pereira, Shashidhara Chikkaveeraiah, Madhan Ramesh
pp. 51–54 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.9 · Published
Background:Steroids are widely used in modern medicine for the treatment of various ailments. Steroid psychosis is a known complication of steroid therapy, although infrequent. Herein we describe a series of three cases …
Case Report
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Phenytoin Induced Oral Lichenoid Eruption and Melasma: A Case Report
Margret Roji, Midhula Sebastian, Jisha M Lucca, Ranugha PSS
pp. 55–57 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.10 · Published
In India, phenytoin is the most frequently prescribed medication for most forms of epilepsy except for absence seizures. It has been associated with various cutaneous reaction, however Oral Lichenoid Drug Reaction (OLDR)…
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Case Report on Phenytoin Induced Cerebellar Syndrome
Gautam Satheesh, Sujith Varma K, Anil Antony
pp. 58–60 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.11.1.11 · Published
Phenytoin, an anticonvulsant extensively used to control generalized tonic-clonic seizures as well as simple and complex partial seizures, has a stabilizing influence on neuronal membrane. Phenytoin acts by prolonging th…