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Review Article
Claire Anderson
pp. 1-5 · 2008
This article considers the discipline of social pharmacy in the context of medicines and health and in the Indian context. It attempts to define social pharmacy and differentiate it from pharmacy practice. It then consid…
Sonal Sekhar M, Suja Abraham, Revikumar K.G
pp. 6-13 · 2008
The profession of pharmacy and concept of pharmaceutical care are developing rapidly all over the world. Along with this, the responsibility of the pharmacist through utilisation of his technical and professional knowled…
Tipnis H.P, Shobha Rani R. Hiremath
pp. 14-18 · 2008
One of the world's striking trends that have been widely recognized is the aging of its population. The pharmaceutical care of the elderly population is of utmost concern in the westernized countries. Even in India, wher…
Research Article
Mahendra Kumar BJ, Ganachari MS, Mahesh Vanahalli, Gurunath S
pp. 19-25 · DOI: 12 · 2008
Medication knowledge is an important contributor for medication adherence which in turn improves therapeutic outcome. To assess the patient's knowledge on antidepressants and impact of pharmacist mediated counseling on t…
Mandavi M, Pramil Tiwari, Vinay Kapur
pp. 26-29 · 2008
Self-medication is an economical choice of treatment for common self-limiting illnesses. Major problems related to this are wastage of resources, increased resistance of pathogens, and health hazards like adverse reactio…
Sriram S, Mathew Leo, Manjula Devi A.S, Rajalingam B, Ramkumar K, Rajeswari R
pp. 30-36 · 2008
Emergence of resistant bacterial pathogens has increased concerns about antibiotic prescribing patterns. The aim of the study was to assess the antibiotic use in pediatric patients. The study was carried out in a 500 bed…
SV Rajan Mallayasamy, M. Fayazkhan, GS Kishore, Leelavathi D. Acharya, Padma G.M. Rao
pp. 37-44 · 2008
Drug Information service is an important role of clinical pharmacist and drug information service provision by clinical pharmacist is slowly being adopted in our country. There is a need to evaluate the quality of servic…
Mohammed Tayub, Shaheena Desai, Arwa Moosajee, Shaakira Tharmohamed, Shamia Tourbaly, Sunitha C. Srinivas
pp. 45-49 · 2008
To increase the knowledge of hypertension amongst support staff of Rhodes University, and to improve adherence of hypertensive patients using telecommunication methods. Questionnaire regarding hypertension, adherence and…
Ramjan Shaik, Sacchidanand S, Shobha Rani R Hiremath, Geeta Pradeep
pp. 50-54 · 2008
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are rare bullous dermatologic reactions accounting for 0.05 to 2 persons per 1 million population per year. Medicinal agents are an important cause of S…
John P.K P, Jaiprakash. S.V, Kiran. N, Shobha Rani. R.Hiremath
pp. 55-57 · 2008
Cinchona bark, which contains quinine, is known to have been used in Europe since 1633 for prophylaxis and treatment of malaria. The commonest symptoms of overdose are tinnitus, nausea, vomiting, hearing impairment, 1,2 …
Dr. Shobha Rani R.Hiremath
pp. i-i · 2008
It is indeed a great privilege and an honor for me to be addressing you all at the historical event of launching the first ever journal of the country exclusively devoted to Pharmacy Practice. Pharmacy Practice is showin…
Case Report
- Article
Tanisha. Abraham, Kiran. N, Shobha Rani R. Hiremath, Jaiprakash S.V, Nalini. Pais
pp. 58-59 · 2008
Any prescribed medication for any patient can cause adverse effects which sometimes can be life threatening. So, 1 responsibility lies on the health care professionals to be cautious while prescribing for their patients …