Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice · Archive
Volumes & Issues
Open a volume to see its issues, then pick an issue for its cover art and complete table of contents.
Keyboard: use Up/Down arrows to move between volumes, Home/End to jump to the first or last, and Enter to open or close a volume.
In this issue
Editorial
- Article
Shobha Rani Hiremath
pp. 1 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.1 · 2016
Greetings of the season! Recently, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) organized the APTIRAKMHSU International Convention at RAK Medical and Health Science University, Ras- Al-Khaimah, UAE on Feb 29th …
Review Article
Atul Kadam, Shitalkumar Patil, Sachin Patil, Anil Tumkur
pp. 2-8 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.2 · 2016
Introduction: Medication disposal is an alarming issue today and gaining more and more awareness from the healthcare professionals as well as consumers. Pharmacists have the potential to be on the forefront of this movem…
Research Article
Ozgur Aydin, Hamit Yasar Ellidag, Esin Eren, Necat Yilmaz
pp. 9-13 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.3 · 2016
Background: After forty years, the literature on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is still contradictory. Researchers need to share their experiences to build up a concencus on basics of TDM. Material and Methods: The e…
B. Rajalingam, Achsah Susan Alex, Adreen Godwin, Chinnu Cherian, Clincy Cyriac
pp. 14-18 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.4 · 2016
Introduction: Rational use of antibiotics is important, as antibiotic resistance is not only a problem for the individual patient but also reduces effectiveness of established treatment and has become a major threat to p…
Shrishail S Patil, Aastha Rawal, Anuraj R, Sabbu Rahul, Hiremath Doddayya
pp. 19-25 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.5 · 2016
Background: Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity around the world, infecting approximately 8 billion people, with an annual death rate of close to 1 million. The present study was conducte…
Himanshu Patel, Shobha Churi, Parthasarathi Gurumurthy, Ramesh Madhan
pp. 26-31 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.6 · 2016
Background: Patient care services provided by clinical pharmacists should be evaluated periodically to ensure the quality of service. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate impact of standard operating procedur…
Ponnusankar Sivasankaran, Megha Gupta, Roopa Basutkar Satyanarayan, Raja Durai
pp. 32-36 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.7 · 2016
Background: Several literatures have reported adverse drug reaction between 5.9 to 22.3% among hospitalized patient in India and western countries respectively. The present study was undertaken to know the incidence of a…
Sahithi Bogireddy, Mohanraj Rathinavelu, Rajeswari Kalimuthu, Yiragamreddy Padmanabha Reddy
pp. 37-42 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.8 · 2016
Background: Healthcare organization is a sector where patient is the main focus where improving the patient outcome is the imperative function. Patient satisfaction survey helps in evaluating the quality of the services …
Nisha Rajan, Binai Kochunni Sankar, Prasad Sivanna Mruthyunjaya
pp. 43-48 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.9 · 2016
Introduction: Paediatrics are a group of population vulnerable to many infections. Among these infections, the burden of RTIs are growing faster day by day because of the poor lifestyle, polluted environment and even ina…
Venkaraddi Magannavar Chandrashekhar, Allu Harikrishna, Prasanna kumar, Nambari Hemanthkumar, Majjaru Chandrakanth
pp. 49-56 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.10 · 2016
Introduction: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) Reporting is provides safety and Improves strength of Drug adverse reaction to the Drug. Such ADR reporting programs encourage surveillance for ADRs, promote the reporting of A…
Case Report
- Article
Adhirai Raveendran, Jayadev Betkerur, Sindhughata Ashok Archana, Adusumilli Pramod Kumar, Madhan Ramesh, Gurumurthy Parthasarathi
pp. 57-59 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.11 · 2016
Toxic epidermal necrolysis also known as Lyell's syndrome is a rare but potentially life threatening severe cutaneous adverse reaction with widespread epidermal detachment and mucosal erosions. Drug exposure and a result…
- Article
Anup jagarlamudi, Asma Begum, Nazmeen Saba, Mahalakshmi Teegala
pp. 60-62 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.12 · 2016
Phenytoin is a hydantoin derivative with a narrow therapeutic index and is indicated in GTCS, nonepileptic seizures, status epilepticus, neuritic pain, as skeletal muscle relaxant, ventricular arrhythmias unresponsive to…
- Article
Ranakishore Pelluri, Shaik Shafiya Begum, Nallajerla Sowmya, Medarametla Jyothsna, S. Prathyusha, Yedluri Divya, Tadipudi Poornachand, Thirupathi Vivek Reddy, Kakumanu Jhansirani, B. Umamounika, Nadendla Ramarao
pp. 63-64 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.1.13 · 2016
A 40 yr old male patient suffering with GERD was initially prescribed with Pantoprazole 40 mg OD for 15 days. After the treatment, suddenly the patient started feeling uncharacterized dizziness and fatigue. The patient c…