Volume 5, Issue 4

Chanolean Shashindran

pp. 225–226 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142427 · 2014

A recent NDTV programme aired on national television created a lot of angst among those in the medical profession.[1] Here was another instance of the profession being shown in a bad light, due to the dealings of a few u…

Vishal Sehgal, Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa, Rinku Sehgal, John A Consalvo

pp. 227–231 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142428 · 2014

Canagliflozin is the first available oral inhibitor of sodium/glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) in the market. At the outset it sounds excellent for the use in the elderly diabetic population, because of its minimal tenden…

Hitesh B Vaidya, Ramesh K Goyal, Sukhinder K Cheema

pp. 232–238 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142429 · 2014

Objective: To investigate whether the acetylated and propionated derivatives (LMP‑09‑1 and ‑2) of swertiamarin have anti‑adipogenic effects. Materials and Methods: 3T3‑L1 pre‑adipocytes were grown in Dulbecco’s Modified …

Ravi Venkatachelam Chitrapu, Pentakota Ramana Rao, Gangireddy Venkateswara Reddy

pp. 239–244 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142430 · 2014

Objective: To study the efficacy of oral carvedilol in acute treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) with fast ventricular rate. Materials and Methods: In an open‑label, single‑arm trial, oral carvedilol was administered t…

Meena Garg, Pinki Vishwakarma, Monica Sharma, Rajiv Nehra, K. K. Saxena

pp. 245–247 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142434 · 2014

Our study included 92 randomly selected prescriptions from allopathic registered medical practitioners between September 2011 and October 2012. These were analyzed for content and format. The number of non‑sponsored CMEs…

Raghava Sharma, Adithi Kellarai

pp. 248–250 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142436 · 2014

Pharmacovigilance (PV) is the branch dealing with adverse drug reactions (ADRs), their recognition, and reporting. ADR is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a response to a drug that is noxious, unintended…

Kshitij S. Jadhav, Padmaja A. Marathe

pp. 250–252 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142439 · 2014

Glutamate increases dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens leading to ethanol dependence. Since glutamate transporter 1 (GLT1) is responsible for the removal of synaptic glutamate, up-regulation of GLT1 attenuates etha…

Gudapati Bhanu Naga Sireesha, Pramil Tiwari, Satinder Gombar, Sanjay D’Cruz, Atul Sachdev

pp. 252–254 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142441 · 2014

This 3‑month observational study was carried out at the ICUs of a public tertiary care hospital. ICUs with 14 bed capacity handle all patients who require ICU level care. Only patients with >24 h of ICU stay and who were…

Sumit Mehndiratta

pp. 254–255 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142444 · 2014

Dosing errors are not uncommon in day-to-day clinical practice in children. Pediatric patients are more vulnerable to adverse drug events because of small body size and need for weight based dosing. Among various reasons…

Muthiah Palaniappan, Sandhiya Selvarajan, Sureshkumar Srinivasamurthy, Adithan Chandrasekaran

pp. 256–257 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142446 · 2014

A 59 year old female consumer was started on therapy with oyster shell calcium in combination with vitamin D3 and she presented with swelling below the ear, after two doses. She stopped the drug by herself and the swelli…

Anjana Rao Kavoor, Sayantanava Mitra, Supriya Kumar Mondal, Basudeb Das

pp. 258–260 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142448 · 2014

The occurrence of manic/hypomanic switch in patients being treated with risperidone has been reported by various authors, and they have described a variety of strategies for their management. In this report, we describe …

Aniruddha Basu, Amit Jagtiani, Rajiv Gupta

pp. 261–264 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142449 · 2014

Catatonia is mostly caused by different neuropsychiatric conditions. We report a case of a 30 year old man suffering from both alcohol and benzodiazepine dependence who exhibited catatonic features soon after stopping th…

Radhika Soanker, Shobha Jagdish Chandra Udutha, Malladi V S Subbalaxmi, YSN Raju

pp. 265–267 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142452 · 2014

Viral enteritis is an important gastrointestinal disorder in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‑infected patients. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common opportunistic agent in these patients. As ganciclovir and tenofo…

Sachin R. Agrawal, Atul Rajput, A. P. Jain

pp. 268–270 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142453 · 2014

Leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV), also known as hypersensitivity vasculitis is a small vessel inflammatory disease which mainly involves the postcapillary venules. A 17‑year‑old girl developed palpable purpura over lowe…

Andreu Massot, Ana Gimenez-Arnau

pp. 271–274 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142456 · 2014

Severe skin reactions occur less frequently with eslicarbazepine (ESL) than with the other aromatic anticonvulsants. We report the first case of cutaneous adverse drug reaction (CADR) to ESL and co‑sensitization between …

Sangeeta Bhanwra, Kaza Ahluwalia

pp. 275–275 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142458 · 2014

There has been recent news of association between acetaminophen and risk of hearing loss. Does it raise the bar of safety against indiscriminate use of the drug? National Institute of Health (NIH), USA, funded two prospe…

Jatinder Singh

pp. 276–7 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142462 · 2014

Dr. Anna Remington and Jake Fairnie, cognitive neuroscientists, chose to bridge the gap between the easy availability of literature and the lack of time and resources by harnessing the power of the internet by developing…

Harmeet Kaur Bhatia, Harmanjit Singh, Nipunjot Grewal, Navreet Kaur Natt

pp. 278–284 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.142464 · 2014

Hepatitis C currently infects more than 170 million people around the world, leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The current standard of care for HCV infection, including one of the two protease inhibitors, t…