Volume 6, Issue 4

· pp. 1–76 · 16 articles

Volume: 6
Issue: 4
Published
Pages: 1–76
Articles: 16
Sections: 3
ISSN: Online - 0974-8326
Journal: IJPP

Review Article Research Article Case Report

In this issue

Review Article

Review
New Clinical Trials Regulations-2013 in India & its Possible Impact on Indian Clinical Trials Framework
Shantanu K, Bhagwat P
pp. 1–6 · DOI: · Published
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…
Review
HIV Co-infected Patients with HBV And HCV- A Review
Aliakhtar A, Amer HK, Tanveer A, Salman M
pp. 7–14 · DOI: · Published
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…
Review
Produce Pharmacists with Initial Professional Glow and Shine – A Call to Academe
Bhagavan P S
pp. 15–17 · DOI: · Published
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…

Research Article

Article
Oral Drotaverine and Aceclofenac Combination versus Aceclofenac alone for Postoperative Pain Relief: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial
Vinod KM, Ashish D
pp. 18–21 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Causality Assessment of Adverse Drug Reactions in Tuberculosis Patients who are on Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Strategy in Mysore District
Mahendra Kumar BJ, Soumya Mathew, Ramesh S, Uma Maheswari D, Hymavathi R, Srikanth MS
pp. 22–26 · DOI: · Published
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 …
Article
Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Basal and Premixed Insulin Regimens among Type II Diabetes Patients Transiting From Oral Agents to Insulin
Sirajudeen S.A, Danapal CK, Abdulla NK, Sam DP, Khalid MA
pp. 27–32 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Implementation of Self Reporting Pharmacovigilence in Anti Tubercular Therapy using Knowledge Based Approach
Sainul A.P, Chandrasekaran K, UmaMaheswaran U, Vijaykumar A, Kalaiselvan V, Pradeep M, Binny T
pp. 33–38 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Cost- of- Illness Analysis of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Multispeciality Hospital at Coimbatore
Chidambaram D, Ajith A, Arulkumaran KSG, Sivagnanam TR
pp. 39–44 · DOI: · Published
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. …
Article
A Comparative HRQOL Study of High Cost and Low Cost Anti-Diabetic Products
Radhakrishna A, Umadevi P, Vedavathi T, Naresh S, Upadhyayula K.S.K, Mythili A, Rajeswara Rao P, Vijaya Ratna J
pp. 45–49 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Impact of Patient Education on Quality of Life of Asthma Patients in an Indian Tertiary Care Hospital
Hiral P, Shobha Rani R.H, Nalini P, Ramjan S, Sunitha CS
pp. 50–55 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Drug Utilization and Evaluation of Hmg-co a Reductase Inhibitors in Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital
Praveen KG, Arun K
pp. 56–63 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Analysis of Prevalence, Risk Factor and Pharmacotherapy of Hypertension in Outpatients
Khaled MA, AsifAnsari Md, Anwar HA Md.
pp. 64–66 · DOI: · Published
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…

Case Report

Article
Pregabalin induced Amnesia – ACase Report
Ravinandan AP, Ramesh A
pp. 67–68 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Deterioration of Glycemic Control Induced by Pentoxifylline and Cilostazol in a Diabetec Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease
Kanaka Durga V, Britto DL, Shanmugapriya S, Saravanan T
pp. 69–71 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Auramine-o and Malachite Green Poisoning: Rare and Fatal
Hisham Md, Vijayakumar A, Rajesh N, Sivakumar MN
pp. 72–74 · DOI: · Published
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…
Article
Sickle Cell Disease and Superstitions: An Interesting Study Report
Swarnali D.P
pp. 75–76 · DOI: · Published
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…