Volume 5, Issue 1

Gitanjali Batmanabane

pp. 1–3 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124403 · 2014

It is estimated that nearly 45,900 people in India die of snake bite,—the highest mortality rate in the world for snake bite.[1] Those who die are from the lower socioeconomic groups, such as farmers, villagers, children…

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Roopa P. Nayak

pp. 4–5 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124405 · 2014

Yatan Pal Singh Balhara

pp. 8–9 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124406 · 2014

Dextropropoxyphene is a synthetic weak opioid used as analgesic both as standalone as well as in combination with acetaminophen for more than 50 years. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has issue…

Sangeeta Bhanwra, Kaza Ahluwalia

pp. 12–14 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124409 · 2014

Cardiovascular diseases are still the most important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and anti‑thrombotic treatment is widely used as a result. The currently used drugs include heparin and its derivatives, vita…

Binit N. Jhaveri, Tejas K. Patel, Manish J. Barvaliya, C. B. Tripathi

pp. 15–16 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124411 · 2014

Objective: To evaluate drug utilization pattern in terms of defined daily dose along with pharmacoeconomic analysis in geriatric patients admitted in medical ward of a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: Retro…

Mona Mosayebnia, Mehdi Shafiee‑Ardestani, Parvin Pasalar, Mojgan Mashayekhi, Massoud Amanlou

pp. 27–28 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124416 · 2014

Objective: To find out whether DTPA-DG complex can enhance clearance of intracellular free iron. Materials and Methods: Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid‑D‑deoxy‑glucosamine (DTPA‑DG) was synthesized and examined for it…

Mossad Gamaleddin Ahmed Elsayed, Ashraf Abdelhakim Ahmed Elkomy, Mahmoud Salem Gaballah, Mohamed Elbadawy

pp. 33–33 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124419 · 2014

Objectives: To investigate the nephrotoxic effect and biochemical alterations induced by cefepime in rats. Materials and Methods: Cefepime was administered intramuscularly at doses of 45, 90 and 180 mg/kg b.wt. once dail…

Dinesh T. Makhija, Aarti G. Jagtap

pp. 39–46 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124422 · 2014

Objective: To determine the utility of zebra fish as an animal model for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in comparison with rat model. Materials and Methods: MTT assay was performed on rat and zebrafish brain synaptosomal fract…

Sukhen Samanta, Sujay Samanta, Abhishek Jha

pp. 53–54 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124424 · 2014

Nagendra I. M. Nayak, Prasanna Lakshmi

pp. 56–58 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124426 · 2014

Maulin Mehta, Jay Shah, Tejas Khakhkhar, Rima Shah, K. G. Hemavathi

pp. 59–60 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124428 · 2014

Hypersensitivity reactions are common adverse drug reactions (ADRs) associated with antiepileptics. Carbamazepine is one of the routinely prescribed drugs for the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. ADRs due to c…

Poonam Agrawal, Deepti Chopra, Surajeet K. Patra, Himanshu Madaan

pp. 63–64 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124429 · 2014

Hyperkalemia is a life-threatening electrolyte abnormality. The most common cause of hyperkalemia includes renal disease and ingestion of medications. Drug-induced hyperkalemia may develop in patients with underlying ren…

C. P. Lakshmi, Amit Goel, Debdatta Basu

pp. 67–69 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124430 · 2014

Yellow phosphorus, a component of certain pesticide pastes and fireworks, is well known to cause hepatotoxicity. Poisoning with yellow phosphorus classically manifests with acute hepatitis leading to acute liver failure …

Sridharan Kannan, Sivaramakrishnan Gowri

pp. 70–70 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124427 · 2014

G Sivagnanam

pp. 71–72 · 2014

Sivagnanam G

pp. 72–72 · 2014

The association between acetaminophen and asthma - should its pediatric use be banned? A huge epidemiological effort made all over the world to cast some light on the origin of asthma and its recent increase in prevalenc…

pp. 71–71 · 2014

P. Ravi Shankar

pp. 74–5 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124434 · 2014

Essential medicines play an important role in improving access to medicines for the majority of the world’s population. The concept of a carefully selected list of medicines of assured quality that meet the majority of h…

Divya Goel

pp. 76–78 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.124435 · 2014

Tuberculosis (TB) is among the most common infectious diseases and continues as a major global health problem. The scenario is worsened by the emergence and spread of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and ext…