Volume 9, Issue 1

Mohammed Yunus

pp. 1 · DOI: 10.5330/ijpi.2019.1.1 · 2019

T he year 2019 is another milestone for International Journal of Phar maceutical Investigation (JPHI) as it is entering to 9th year. It is known as one of the peer-reviewed pharmaceutical journal and I am pleased to pres…

Roshankhah Shiva, Arash Ziapoor, Cyrus Jalili, Mohammad Reza Salahshoor

pp. 2–6 · DOI: reza.salahshoor@yahoo.com · 2019

Background:Proteins play the most important role in the structure and function of liver. Royal Jelly (RJ) as a honey bee secretion has antioxidant activities. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of RJ against…

Nasser Alqhtani, Brett PM, Ross J, Dhillon VS, Shahid M, Fawaz Alqahtani

pp. 7–11 · DOI: 10.5330/ijpi.2019.1.3 · 2019

Background: Bisphosphonates are analogues of pyrophosphate used to treat bone diseases, like osteoporosis and malignant bone diseases characterized by excessive bone resorption. It has been shown that bisphosphonates hin…

Ammar Almaaytah, Feras Darwich Elhajji

pp. 12–15 · DOI: 10.5330/ijpi.2019.1.4 · 2019

Objectives:To study and assess the comparative cost efficiency of Inf liximab’s originator (Remicade®) and its biosimilar (Remsima®) in the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) across seven Middle Eastern and Northern …

Sana Al Mahmoud, Mohammad Daud Ali, Ayaz Ahmad, Alanood Al Maghrabi, Manal Al Harthi, Nada Al Fattani

pp. 16–19 · DOI: 10.5330/ijpi.2019.1.5 · 2019

Background:Amount of drug in milk depend upon the concentration of drug in the mother’s serum. Medications with more half-life time (T1/2 ) are likely to retain higher levels in breast milk. Also number of times of feedi…

Sudharshan Jagennath, Gerard Marshal Raj, Jayanthi Mathaiyan

pp. 20–24 · DOI: 10.5330/ijpi.2019.1.6 · 2019

Objective:The traditional anti-epileptic drugs like phenytoin, sodium valproate and carbamazepine continue to be used widely in the low to middle income countries due to their time tested efficacy and low costs. The fact…