Volume 8, Issue 3

Manthan Dilipkumar Janodia

pp. 164–167 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.1

Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) studies are increasingly becoming common in developed countries to support product label claims. A large body of research is devoted to developing and validating HRQOL measures. Gen…

Amaresh Prusty, Amiya Kanta Mishra, Bijon Kumar Gupta

pp. 168–176 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.2

Objective: The objective of this study is to develop extended release matrix tablet by taking mixture of chitosan and anionic polymers and then to study the drug release pattern for a low solubility drug Tramadol Hydroch…

Mageshwaran Lakshmanan, Zachariah Bobby, Raveendran Ramasamy

pp. 177–185 · DOI: dr.ravee@gmail.com

Objectives: Cleistanthins A and B (CAB), active phytochemicals present in Cleistanthus collinus, have been proven to have alpha 1-adrenoceptor blocking property. However action on alpha 2-adrenoceptor is not studied. We …

Bandana Behera, Jyoshna Dash, Debasish Pradhan, Gitanjali Tripathy, Rakesh Pradhan

pp. 186–193 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.4

Introduction:Traditional medicines for mammary tumour are unreasonable and have genuine symptoms. Non-ordinary normal medications have increased wide acknowledgment because of their assurance of a cure with negligible or…

Palanimuthu Vasanth Raj, Subramani Parasuraman, Sokkalingam Arumugam Dhanaraj, Lee Xin Ying, Tan Hung Luc, Stephanie A/P Sandanasamy, Koay Chin Yin

pp. 194–197 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.5

Objectives:To investigate the behavioral effect of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides (GLPS) and triterpenoid fractions (GLTT) in Parkinson’s induced mice. Methods:Parkinson’s disease (PD) was induced by intraperitoneal a…

Muthaian Rupadevi, Ramasamy Raveendran

pp. 198–205 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.6

Objective:To enumerate the circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic retinopathy (DR) rat model. Materials and Methods:Retinal m…

Madhura Antharasanahalli Shivakumar, Sanjay Venu Gopal, Pushpalatha Govindaraju, Santhosh Ramayya, Darshana Bennadi, Roopavathi Kallahalli Mruthyuenjaya

pp. 206–213 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.7

Background: A recent innovation in dentistry is the use of second generation platelet concentrate which is an autologous platelet rich fibrin gel (PRF) with growth factors and cicatricial properties for root coverage pro…

Razi Akhtar, Sandeep Jain, Abhishek Kumar, Saurabh Bhatia, Jagdish C Joshi, Dhirendra Singh, Md Shamsuzzaman, Meenakshi Sharma, Giridhari Pal, V K Vijayan, S N Gaur, Kavita Gulati, Arunabha Ray

pp. 214–216 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.8

Background:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease and oxidative stress may be involved in its pathogenesis. The present study aims at evaluating the therapeutic effects of antioxidant drug Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin…

Harminder Singh, Raja Paramjeet Singh, Baltej Singh, Kanwardeep Kaur Tiwana

pp. 220–224 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.9

Objective:The objective of this cross-sectional, non interventional 8-months observational study was to investigate the prevalence, type and risk factors of Drug related problem (DRPs) in cancer patients admitted to the …

Nishith Revappala Sekhar, Mukta Chowta, Kallige Nithyananda Chowta, Sahana Devadas Acharya, Kudgi Ashok Shenoy

pp. 225–229 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.10

Objective: This study was done with the main objective of evaluating the effect of antihypertensive medications on the quality of life in patients who were previously untreated. Methods:In this prospective study, 114 pat…

Atta Abbas Naqvi, Rizwan Ahmad, Omar Qadeer, Muhammad Hassan Khan, Muhammad Nehal Nadir, Madiha Alim

pp. 230–238 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.11

Objective:The study investigated the opinions and beliefs of the pharmacy students towards self medication and highlighted factors which have the potential to indulge them in such practice. Methods: A mix mode cross sect…

Ethar Abdelmageed Imam, Alnada Ibrahim, Subish Palaian, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim

pp. 239–243 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.12

Background: Increasing clinical evidence suggests treatment of cancer with neurotoxic agents results in some degree of peripheral neuropathy. Objective:The main objective of the study was to evaluate vincristine induced …

Nabeel Khan, Atta Abbas Naqvi, Rizwan Ahmad, Farrukh Rafiq Ahmed, Ken McGarry, Raafia Yousuf Fazlani, Mahrukh Ahsan

pp. 244–250 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.13

Introduction: Pakistan is the 6th most populous country in the world and has an enormous potential for an ever increasing drug market. The health care system is highly prone to unethical drug prescribing practices. In ad…

Pai Sunil Bellare, Kamath Ashwin, Saxena Prakash PU, Sayeli Vinaykumar, Rakesh KB

pp. 251–254 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.14

Introduction: To evaluate the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) due to cancer chemotherapy in a tertiary care hospital in South India. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study. The data was obtained …

Kátia Reis Dutra, Ursula Carolina Morais Martins, Marina Guimarães Lima

pp. 255–258 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.15

Objective:The aim with the present study was to evaluate availability and accessibility to medicines in Primary Health Care in Northeast Health District, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Method:It was an epidemiological, descript…

Mudassar Iqbal Arain, Muhammad Ali Ghoto, Abdullah Dayo, Khurram Anwar, Rabia Parveen

pp. 259–265 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.16

Objective: To assess the adverse drug reactions due to anti hypertensive therapy among hypertensive patients at teaching hospital of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Methodology: The current study was performed in a teaching …

Masuda Mohsena, Smita Debsarma, Mainul Haque

pp. 266–274 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.17

Background:The educational environment is an important determining factor of an effective curriculum. An enriched learning environment can lead to increased satisfaction, achievement and success as a practitioner. The ed…

Dass Ashwitha Shruti, Narayana Sarala, Krishnaswamy Bhuvana

pp. 275–278 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.18

Aim:To evaluate the Package inserts (PIs) for presentation, accuracy, completeness of clinical information and grade them according to the scores obtained. Material and Methods: An observational study conducted by the De…

Savita Saini, Kiran Vijay Barar

pp. 279–283 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.19

Objective:The prime objective was to determine the impact of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders on activities of daily living and its association with depression. Material & Methods:A prospective cohort study was co…

Nurul Diana Dzaraly, Nor Iza A. Rahman, Mainul Haque, Nordin Bin Simbak, Mohd Suhaimi Abdul wahab, Aniza Abd Aziz, Mohd Shafie Abdulllah, Irfan Mohamad, Abdul Razak Abdul Muttalif, Salwani Ismail, Shaharudin Abdullah

pp. 284–290 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2016.3.20

Background:Hajj is the largest annual gatherings in the Islamic world. Hajj pilgrims encounter a great deal of heavy physical and mental stress. Chest infection, especially pneumonia is a potentially life-threatening ill…