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Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University · Pharmacology

Background: Drugs are prescribed irrationally around the world. The current study was done to evaluate the drug usage patterns on preoperative and postoperative patients in the inpatient surgical wards of DY Patil Hospital, Navi Mumbai. Methods: A total of 110 patients (220 encounter) males 57 (51.8 %) and females 53(48.1 %) were enrolled in this s...

Innovative teaching methods are constantly being explored to keep students engaged and challenge them academically. This study was done to compare the benefit of video-based learning methods compared to conventional power-point presentations. A total of 150 second-year medical undergraduate students were divided into two groups. Both groups were gi...

Introduction: Angiogenesis is a key event in cancer pathology. Current treatment targeting

Introduction: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) effectively suppress acid secretion and play an essential role in peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. There is a genuine concern about overutilizing PPIs, leading to significantly high costs and undesirable outcomes. An increase in the patient medication cost was associated with decr...

Introduction: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) effectively suppress acid secretion and play an important role a lot of gastrointestinal disorders. PPIs are generally used long term by the patients. This can cause an increase in patient cost and subsequent decrease in adherence to the prescription. Hence, this study was done to assess the cost variatio...

Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has been practised in India since many years. People unsatisfied with conventional medicine often turn to unconventional alternatives. Aim is to appraise the extent of use of CAM amongst doctors and to examine their perception, attitude and practice towards CAM. Methods: This study was conduc...

DNA Profiling has proved to be a boon for forensic medicine. It is an accurate and well established scientifictechnique used for disaster victim identification, investigation of crimes, identification of missing persons andhuman remains, and for medical research purposes. Most of the countries have proposed appropriate laws withinthe framework of t...

Background: The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has caused many infections with numerous deaths worldwide. Still, the number of infected cases with deaths is escalating day by day. Alternative medicine (AMs) viz., Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Unani, yoga, Herbal medicine, are being promoted for the prevention...

Introduction: The infection caused by COVID-19 ranges from mild to moderate infection, but it can also cause severe infection and death in some people mostly in people who are old, or immunocompromisedSARS-CoV-2 has shown evidence of having higher capacity of binding to human cells and can settle in upper and lower portion of the respiratory tract...

Background: Hypertension is a common disorder during pregnancy, with complications in about 5-20%. Methods:The antihypertensive medication-prescribing pattern in obstetrics, gynecology department was analysed. Results: The study comprised 125 hypertensive patients in the antenatal care (ANC) Outpatient Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in a ter...

Among the umbrella of drugs postulated for COVID-19 treatment, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are currently being used in the management of COVID-19–positive patients in India. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) retinopathy is a known but a rare adverse effect when used in autoimmune diseases. However, advanced age, comorbidities (such as diabetes,...

Background: Anti-hypertensive drugs can effectively control hypertension, subject to good adherence. Uncontrolled hypertension can lead to numerous complications, some even potentially fatal, such as myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, thromboembolism, shock and stroke.Methods: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted with the help of...

Pharmacology is a extensive and expansive branch about drugs where newer drugs gets added in numbers day by day. The book gives detailed descriptions covering broad range of drugs commonly used in practice of anaesthesia. As a synopsis of anaesthetic pharmacology, it is an useful review for the allied health science students. This book presents the...

Pharmacology is a vast and massive field about drugs which keeps increasing in number day by day. To memorise and retain the various classifications, mechanism of action, uses and adverse effects of the drugs is a dreaded task for MBBS students. This makes it even difficult for Allied Health Sciences students. Keeping in mind the immense burden on...

The detection of ADRs has become increasingly significant because of introduction of a large number of potent drugs in the last two or three decades, especially antimicrobials. ADRs could be monitored through active monitoring or through voluntary reporting system in a hospital set up. This observational prospective study spread over 12 month’s dur...

There are a variety of NSAIDs available for prescription: traditional non selective (NSAIDs), and the more selective COX-2 inhibitors (Coxibs). The analgesic effects of the different NSAIDs are more or less identical; however, the Coxibs are associated with a lower risk for upper gastrointestinal side effects. Thus, the Coxibs after their introduct...