Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 3
· pp. 60–103 · 9 articles
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Published
- Pages
- 60–103
- Articles
- 9
- Sections
- 4
- ISSN
- e-ISSN: 2455-3255
- Journal
- JPPCM
In this issue
Review Article
- Review
Dispensing Practices in India and United States
Avinash Darekar, Isha Patel, Marilee Clemons, Xi Tan, Rajat Rana, Deepak Bhatia, Jongwha Chang
pp. 60–64 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.1 · Published
Physician dispensing refers to the legal practice where physicians directly supply their patients with medication bypassing the need for patients to use a community pharmacy to fill their prescription. This practice is c…
Research Article
- Article
Prescription Patterns of Antibiotics in Five Dermatologic Outpatient Clinics: A Cross Sectional Study from Yemen
Salwa Omer Bahelah, Gamila Mohammed Abdo
pp. 65–69 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.2 · Published
Background:Antibiotics represent one of the most commonly used medicines in dermatology. The objective of the present study is to assess the prescription patterns of antibiotics by dermatologists. Methods:A cross-section…
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Pharmacists’ Behaviour when Dispensing Liquid Prescription Medicine for Children: A Quantitative Study
Mohamed Elashwah
pp. 70–78 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.3 · Published
Objectives: This study aims were to investigate community pharmacists’ behavior when dispensing a liquid prescription medicine for a child, and identify strategies used or recommended by pharmacists to optimize the dispe…
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Patient satisfaction of pharmaceutical care of primary care centers at Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia
Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Lina Kurdy, Zainab Aljarad, Hamid Basudan, Banan Almekwar, Sharefia Almahmood
pp. 79–87 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.4 · Published
Objective:The study examined patient satisfaction with pharmaceutical care of selected domains at primary care centers of Ministery of Health in Saudi Arabia as a pilot study. Methods: It is a cross-sectional self-admini…
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A Study on Antibiotics Prescribing Pattern at Outpatient Department in Four Hospitals in Aden-Yemen
Mohammed Alshakka, Khaled Said, Mohammed Babakri, Mukhtar Ansari, Adel Aldhubhani, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Mohammed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
pp. 88–93 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.5 · Published
Objective:The study was to investigate antibiotic prescription patterns at outpatient departments (OPDs) at four hospitals in Aden-Yemen. Settings and Design: A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in the four…
Case Report
- Article
A Case Report on Nevirapine Induced Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Meghana Devulapalli, Narasimha Kumar G.V
pp. 94–95 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.6 · Published
Nevirapine is one of the first line agents of the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) used widely in the management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and also in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Anemia …
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Self-Medication of Corticosteroids: A Life Threatening Case Report from Pakistan
Hashmi Furqan Khurshid, Saleem Zikria, Saeed Hamid, Verma Ashutosh Kumar
pp. 96–99 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.7 · Published
A 70 years-old male patient with poor socioeconomic status seeks medical treatment from a quack for a minor injury. The Quack assured him to improve his health while offering him a miracle medicine that went wrong. A reg…
Letter To Editor
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How Community Pharmacists can help patients on Antidepressants at risk for suicides and sexual dysfunction
Saad Salman, Abdullah A, Jawaria Idrees, Fahad Hassan Shah
pp. 100–101 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.8 · Published
Widespread use of antidepressant drugs has led to suicidal attempts and sexual dysfunction among adolescent psychiatric patients.[1] Patients usually complain for delayed ejaculation and libido loss with SSRIs group spec…
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National Mass Gathering Pharmaceutical Care Program at MOH in Saudi Arabia
Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Bsc. Pharm, Msc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE
pp. 102–103 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2016.3.9 · Published
Performing Hajj is considered the fifth pillar of Islam at a specific time each year 5-10 days. During this period million of pilgrims gathering in small location addition another thing called Omra with mostly little res…