Volume 11, Issue 3

Denis Ming’ate Menge, Narayanankutty Nair, Palur Ramakrishnan Anand Vijaya Kumar

pp. 230–237 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.48 · 2019

Around the world, 50 million people live with dementia, an incurable disease. The number is expected to surpass 150 million in three decades. The burden on the economy keeps escalating every year. However, encouraging ev…

Ramasamy Chidambaram

pp. 238–242 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.49 · 2019

Intravenous antibiotics a subset of parenteral route help in reducing the post-operative infections in dento-alveolar surgery such as the removal of third molar. However, this route lacks evidential support in the litera…

Veena Naik, Saurabh Prakash

pp. 243–246 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.50 · 2019

Oral medicine is principally considered as medical specialty but ended up in dentistry and now suffers an “Identity crisis”, bestriding both dentistry and medicine. We discuss the toil faced by the subject and the specia…

Ajanal Manjunath, Kotturshetty B Iranna, Ullegaddi Vinod

pp. 254–260 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.52 · 2019

Background:The fruit of Myrobalan (Terminalia chebula Retz.) is considered as Amruta (Nectar) and ‘King of Medicines’ in Ayurveda, it known to be have 7-varieties with differences in botanical and pharmacological charact…

Osama Yousef Alshogran, Aref Louai Zayed

pp. 261–265 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.53 · 2019

Objective:This study aimed to 1) develop and validate a simple, accurate and reproducible high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method for determination and quantification of naltrexone and its …

Kishore Konam, Somasekhar Reddy

pp. 266–273 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.54 · 2019

Objective:An effective high-performance Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrophotometric (LCMS/MS) method was developed for the simultaneous quantitation of sofosbuvir (SOFOS) and Velpatasvir (VELPA) in spiked human …

Sonam Patel, Krishnaveni Nagappan, Gouru Santhosh Reddy, Gullapalli Kowmudi

pp. 274–278 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.55 · 2019

Objectives:The aim of this present study is to develop an accurate, precise and linear Reverse-phase High-performance Liquid Chromatographic (RPHPLC) method for the estimation of raltegravir potassium in the bulk and pha…

Heyam Saad Ali, Azaa Swar Aldahab, Elhag Babiker Mohamed, Sunil K. Prajapati, Wafa FS. Badulla, Mohammed Alshakka, Mirza Rafi Baig

pp. 279–284 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.56 · 2019

Objective:To assess patients’ perspectives towards community pharmacists as health care professionals by evaluating their performance in terms of patients’ perception and satisfaction. Methods:Patients’ perception and sa…

Dilip Chandrasekhar, Anju Shivasankaran Nair, Anu Pauly Rose Mathew, Anu Baby, Athira Manikandan

pp. 285–290 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.57 · 2019

Objectives:The main objective of the study was to recognize potential drug-drug interactions, thus reducing their potential risk and improving pharmaceutical care by minimizing problems that may arise out of improper med…

Dilip Chandrasekhar, Ansaf Kalathil Parambil, Arun Puthur, Mrudula Manikuttan, Mufeeda Mangadanchery, Mohammed Izudheen Irshad, Azharul Haque

pp. 291–296 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.58 · 2019

Objectives:To assess the prevalence of obesity among asthmatic patients and their clinical profile to the treatment there by managing asthma among obese patients and to evaluate sex differences in the relationship betwee…

Wirawan Adikusuma, Baiq Leny Nopitasari

pp. 297–299 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.59 · 2019

Background:Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires long-term treatment. The results of therapy will indirectly affect the quality of life of patients with diabetes mellitus. This study was done to determine the effec…

Uday Kumar Rangaswamy, Madiwalayya Shivakantayya Ganachari

pp. 300–303 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.60 · 2019

Objectives:The study aimed to evaluate the dispensing pattern and practices of community pharmacies towards antituberculosis drugs. Materials and Methods:A cross sectional, prospective study was conducted at Belagavi, Ka…

Zeinab Nazari, Afsane Rastegar, Mehdi Nasouhi, Elham Bani Mostafavi, Fatemeh Montazer

pp. 304–308 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.61 · 2019

Background:Adnexa masses include ovarian masses, fallopian tubes and surrounding connective tissues and are among the most important and common disorders of women’s science. The aim of this study was to investigate the l…

Vahid Moeini Ghamchini, Majid Salami, Gholam Reza Mohammadi, Zahra Moradi, Ali Kavosi, Ali Movahedi, Mohammad Bidkhori, Mohammad Reza Aryaeefar

pp. 309–312 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.62 · 2019

Objectives:Natural products such as chamomile have been used throughout the world for centuries as alternative medicines or functional food. Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) has been applied for centuries as an herba…

Muthukumar Andhuvan, Keserla Bhavani, Rumana Khatija, Gayathri G, Sundaraganapathy S, Amarbabu A

pp. 313–314 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.63 · 2019

Ceaseless introduction to cotton residue may result in different respiratory disorders like pneumonia, Acquired Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and so on. Such occupation initiated disarranges are in the ascent righ…

Shweta Oommen, Elango P, Alwar MC, Susan Solomon

pp. 315–319 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.64 · 2019

An Adverse drug reaction cannot be avoided especially with drugs like antipsychotics which are the mainstay for the treatment of schizophrenia, a chronic disease, as well for the treatment of psychosis. Hence monitoring …

Lavanya Voora, C.S Shastry, Ramesh Bhandari, Degam Sukeerthi, Kala Bahadur Rawal, Sharad Chand

pp. 320–321 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.65 · 2019

Phenytoin is a frequently prescribed anticonvulsant/antiseizure drug due to its high efficacy. Erythroderma is an intense and widespread reddening of the skin due to inflammation which may often be associated with peelin…

Abhishek Singh, Muthusamy Kalaivani, Priyanka Chaudhary, Sushma Srivastava, Ramesh Kumar Goyal, Suresh Kumar Gupta

pp. 322–327 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.66 · 2019

Background: India had issued a set of regulation for new class of plant based drug ‘Phytopharmaceutical drug’ as an amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules 1945. Age old traditional systems of medicine practiced in Ind…

Long Chiau Ming, Allan Mathews, Syed Atif Abbas, Kah Seng Lee

pp. 328–330 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2019.11.67 · 2019

Pharmacy is a dynamic healthcare profession that allow role expansion into patient-care, manufacturing, management as well as entrepreneurship. The private sector provides a lucrative and promising platform for budding y…