Volume 12, Issue 4

Chaitali Pattanayak, Sougata Sarkar, Vartika Srivastava

pp. 151–156 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_93_21 · 2022

The current outbreak of second wave of COVID-19 in India has seen the rise of opportunistic infections, a deadly one being mucormycosis or “black fungus.” As of now, there are over 9000 cases of this deadly disease which…

Dhivya Elango, Divyashanthi Chellathambi Malathi, Priyadharsini Raman Palanisamy

pp. 157–162 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_116_21 · 2022

Oliceridine an intravenous opioid approved in 2020 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat moderate-to-severe pain. Oliceridine developed with a novel mechanism that is biased agonism toward G-protein-coupled …

Kavita Munjal, Sonika Sharma, Shallu Sharma, Deepak Kumar, Ajay Choudhary, Ravi Berwal, Ashok Kumar

pp. 163–167 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_105_21 · 2022

Objective: To compare the levels of serum 25 Hydroxyvitamin D levels after a single large oral dose (60,000 IU) of different vitamin D3 formulations. Materials and Methods: Ninety-one volunteers with mild vitamin D defic…

Sujit Kumar Sah, Subramanian Ramaswamy, Madhan Ramesh

pp. 168–171 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_149_21 · 2022

Kleva Shpati, Gentian Stroni, Erina Hilaj, Aurora Napuçe, Genta Rexha

pp. 172–174 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_79_21 · 2021

Cardiovascular diseases are the first disease in Albania that caused mortality and morbidity according to the Public Health Institute the Statistical Institute of Albania. Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors (…

Anjaly A. Kumar, Vani Vijay, M. Arya, P. K. Vasant, Subhash Chandra, Abhishek C. Menon

pp. 175–176 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_106_21 · 2022

Drug-induced thrombocytopenia is a rare and life-threatening condition. It is mainly caused by the initiation of drug-dependent platelet reactive antibodies that leads to the accelerated platelet destruction. Ceftriaxone…

Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Dipan Saha, Deepak Jumani, Santanu K. Tripathi

pp. 177–179 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_129_21 · 2022

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to achieve or maintain an erection that is required for satisfactory sexual performance, and affects a considerable proportion of men around the globe at least occasionally. Alt…

Jayalakshmi K. Prakash, M. T. Abhirami, Navya Sri G, Varsha I. Dalal, AHMV Swamy, Kurian Thomas

pp. 180–182 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_102_21 · 2022

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), through the recent years have seen an increase in the number of prescriptions for a spectrum of mood disorders, especially in the geriatric population. Despite being a wel…

Ankit Bhardwaj, Shoma Mukherjee

pp. 183–185 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_104_21 · 2022

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis disorder is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting predominantly, stomach and small intestine. Subserosal inflammation is a major source of minor-to-modera…

Khalid AlYahya

pp. 186–191 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_172_21 · 2022

Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is characterized by downslanting palpebral fissures on both sides, malar hypoplasia, micrognathia, and external ear abnormalities. Hypoplasia of the zygomatic bones and jaw may make it dif…

Syed Ziaur Rahman

pp. 192–193 · DOI: 10.4103/jpp.jpp_179_21 · 2022

pp. 194–194 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.337459 · 2022