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Research Article
Shobha Rani R Hiremath
pp. 1-1 · 2012
Dear Readers, Thank you for all your contributions to ijopp. I am happy to inform you all that ijopp is now indexed in Copernicus and we are trying to get it indexed in other bibliographical databases also During our rou…
Beulah S, Uma MR, Balaji S
pp. 21-27 · 2012
Aim: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of different antihypertensive drugs in diabetic patients with hypertension. Materials and methods: A prospective, comparative study was conducted in 370 diabetes patients suf…
Bijoy KP, Vidyadhar RS, Palak P, Chintan SP, Atmaram PP
pp. 28-33 · 2012
Dermatological problem in India manifests as primary and secondary cutaneous complaints. Among them allergy and itches are widely observed in most of the patients. Periodic auditing of prescriptions is essential to incre…
Charles I. Tobin-West, Foluke O. Adeniji
pp. 34-39 · 2012
Anti-malarial drugs rank high among the drugs administered by patent medicine vendors in Nigeria. Many local inhabitants erroneously perceive these vendors as well knowledgeable on health matters and can be relied on or …
Pramil T, Rajiv A, Gaurav G
pp. 40-44 · 2012
Introduction Drug prescribing is a skill that needs to be refined on a continuing basis. It reflects physician's skills and attitude toward diagnosis of an ailment and selection of appropriate treatment. In view of this,…
Amrita P, Kharbanda B
pp. 45-51 · 2012
This study was aimed to determine the awareness of nurses of Delhi (India) about Adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and their involvement in activities related to pharmacovigilance. A questionnaire was distributed and…
Elizabeth ST, Kia RA, Yagnik RM, Nagaraju K
pp. 52-56 · 2012
Our study describes the antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) utilization patterns in Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital and Research Center during January 2008 to May 2011. More research studies are required …
Giri D, Seeba Zachariah, Dixon Thomas
pp. 57-60 · 2012
Objective: The main objective of the study was to screen the occurrence of Vaccine- preventable disease (VPD) in the rural Anantapur area in South India by reviewing the diseases treated in the most popular referral hosp…
Vishvas Garg
pp. 61-66 · 2012
Currently, more than 250 million people are suffering from diabetes mellitus (DM) worldwide. The purpose of this paper was to determine and compare the impact of the drug induced adverse drug reactions (ADRs) caused by b…
Review Article
Patel P, Chang J, Srivastava J, Patel I, Balkrishnan R
pp. 2-11 · 2012
Controlling and reversing the spread of AIDS/HIV is the key focus of the 6 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) proposed by United Nations. One of the critical links for attaining MDG 6 targets is India. India has one of th…
Majid MSA
pp. 12-15 · 2012
Diarrhoea is the most common problem in pediatric population. Different causes and types of diarrhoea has been identified, i.e., diarrhoea during antibiotic treatment, non rota virus diarrhoea, or based on severity of di…
Mahendra Kumar BJ, Naveen KHD, Chakrapani K, Sowmya M
pp. 16-20 · 2012
Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used in clinical set up for patient care because of their analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties. Most of the NSAIDs can cause gastrointestinal d…
Case Report
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Vijayakumar S, RamChandra D, Narmadha R
pp. 67-70 · 2012
Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is a unique pattern of cutaneous drug reaction, characterized by skin lesions that recur at the same site or sites each time the drug is administered. Acute lesions appear as round or oval, shar…