Prescribing Pattern of Drugs in the Geriatric Patients in
... of rational drug use has been the theme of various international and national meetings. Various studies have been conducted in developing and developed countries during past few years regarding safe and effective use of drugs now show that irrational drug use is a global phenomenon and only few pres ...
... of rational drug use has been the theme of various international and national meetings. Various studies have been conducted in developing and developed countries during past few years regarding safe and effective use of drugs now show that irrational drug use is a global phenomenon and only few pres ...
Frequently Asked Questions on Use of
... and the wide range of antidepressants available, pharmacological intervention is poorly understood and the available data are conflicting.22-27,29-31 Several reviews have concluded that there is insufficient evidence for the efficacy or safety of antidepressant therapy in PD to make specific recomme ...
... and the wide range of antidepressants available, pharmacological intervention is poorly understood and the available data are conflicting.22-27,29-31 Several reviews have concluded that there is insufficient evidence for the efficacy or safety of antidepressant therapy in PD to make specific recomme ...
Prescription of drugs contraindicated in children: a national
... mandatory national health fund (Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie), refunded for prescriptions from office-based practice over 2 months. The use of this database did not need parents’ consent or ethics committee agreement. A total of 276,472 prescriptions including 1,068,705 drugs were refunded f ...
... mandatory national health fund (Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie), refunded for prescriptions from office-based practice over 2 months. The use of this database did not need parents’ consent or ethics committee agreement. A total of 276,472 prescriptions including 1,068,705 drugs were refunded f ...
Prescribing Information Depo
... prolonged therapy. Upper Gl X-rays are desirable in patients with an ulcer history or significant dyspepsia. In patients with the adrenogenital syndrome, a single intramuscular injection of 40 mg every two weeks may be adequate. For maintenance of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the weekly intra ...
... prolonged therapy. Upper Gl X-rays are desirable in patients with an ulcer history or significant dyspepsia. In patients with the adrenogenital syndrome, a single intramuscular injection of 40 mg every two weeks may be adequate. For maintenance of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the weekly intra ...
Calcipotriol and Betamethasone Dipropionate for the Treatment of
... psoriasis vulgaris.9 A recent study suggested PASI 50 and PASI 75 response in greater than 80% and 50% of patients respectively, regardless of initial disease severity. The report combined data from six phase III studies involving more than 6500 patients.10,11 Many recent reports have noted the prof ...
... psoriasis vulgaris.9 A recent study suggested PASI 50 and PASI 75 response in greater than 80% and 50% of patients respectively, regardless of initial disease severity. The report combined data from six phase III studies involving more than 6500 patients.10,11 Many recent reports have noted the prof ...
citeline Pharma r&d annual review 2015
... The total number of companies with active pipeline drugs now stands at 3,286, up a huge 10.1% on the equivalent figure from January 2014. [Please note that the 2014 figure was incorrectly stated as 3,107 last year due to some subsidiaries being counted as companies]. This outstrips even the 8.7% exp ...
... The total number of companies with active pipeline drugs now stands at 3,286, up a huge 10.1% on the equivalent figure from January 2014. [Please note that the 2014 figure was incorrectly stated as 3,107 last year due to some subsidiaries being counted as companies]. This outstrips even the 8.7% exp ...
Drugs with narrow therapeutic index as indicators in the risk
... certain drug in a given patient and count this as one DRP, even when more than one DRP could be identified. This approach is not as logical and straightforward as our chosen method. Nevertheless, calculations were also done this way and, essentially, the results remained the same (data not shown). ...
... certain drug in a given patient and count this as one DRP, even when more than one DRP could be identified. This approach is not as logical and straightforward as our chosen method. Nevertheless, calculations were also done this way and, essentially, the results remained the same (data not shown). ...
Postgraduate Course ERS Copenhagen 2005 The side
... without significant side-effects. There is also an opposing view that most patients with TB complete their treatment without serious adverse effects. What is the truth? Modern anti-TB chemotherapy regimens have been in use for >30 years. However, the frequency of severe complications is not well kno ...
... without significant side-effects. There is also an opposing view that most patients with TB complete their treatment without serious adverse effects. What is the truth? Modern anti-TB chemotherapy regimens have been in use for >30 years. However, the frequency of severe complications is not well kno ...
G_ESMAT
... They examined the association between AFP level and SVR in 93 chronic hepatitis C patients. The SVR rate was much higher among patients with serum AFP levels below rather than above the median value (5.7 ng/ml) (58.7% and 19.2%, respectively; P<0.0001). They concluded that AFP should be added to the ...
... They examined the association between AFP level and SVR in 93 chronic hepatitis C patients. The SVR rate was much higher among patients with serum AFP levels below rather than above the median value (5.7 ng/ml) (58.7% and 19.2%, respectively; P<0.0001). They concluded that AFP should be added to the ...
Acid Peptic Disease : Therapeutic Concepts
... • Most IV PPI data is based on trials using IV OMEPRAZOLE which is not available in the US • Most studies involved bleeding ulcers requiring endoscopic therapeutic interventions (injection therapy or heater probe) ...
... • Most IV PPI data is based on trials using IV OMEPRAZOLE which is not available in the US • Most studies involved bleeding ulcers requiring endoscopic therapeutic interventions (injection therapy or heater probe) ...
CHEMOTHERAPY OF AMOEBIASIS AND GIARDIASIS
... • The cysts, responsible for propagation of the disease, are resistant to the agents routinely used to purify water. Chlorine, in the concentration employed to purify water, fails to kill them. It is, therefore, necessary to avoid fecal contamination of water by sanitary disposal of feces. Fly contr ...
... • The cysts, responsible for propagation of the disease, are resistant to the agents routinely used to purify water. Chlorine, in the concentration employed to purify water, fails to kill them. It is, therefore, necessary to avoid fecal contamination of water by sanitary disposal of feces. Fly contr ...
Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
... therapy with misoprostol or a PPI. • Patients with ulcers refractory to treatment should undergo upper endoscopy to confirm a nonhealing ulcer, exclude malignancy, and assess HP status. • HP-positive patients should receive eradication therapy. In HP negative patients, higher PPI doses (e.g., omepra ...
... therapy with misoprostol or a PPI. • Patients with ulcers refractory to treatment should undergo upper endoscopy to confirm a nonhealing ulcer, exclude malignancy, and assess HP status. • HP-positive patients should receive eradication therapy. In HP negative patients, higher PPI doses (e.g., omepra ...
Psychoactive plants used in designer drugs as a
... San Pedro (Echinopsis pachanoi, Cactaceae) and Peruvian Torch (Echinopsis peruviana syn. Trichocereus peruvians, Cactaceae) are columnar cacti native to the western slope of the Andes in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, they grow at an altitude of 2000– 3000 m above sea level [36]. There are not many scie ...
... San Pedro (Echinopsis pachanoi, Cactaceae) and Peruvian Torch (Echinopsis peruviana syn. Trichocereus peruvians, Cactaceae) are columnar cacti native to the western slope of the Andes in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, they grow at an altitude of 2000– 3000 m above sea level [36]. There are not many scie ...
THORAZINE® brand of chlorpromazine antipsychotic• tranquilizer
... not essential to concurrent therapy, 2) intensive symptomatic treatment and medical monitoring, and 3) treatment of any concomitant serious medical problems for which specific treatments are available. There is no general agreement about specific pharmacological treatment regimens for uncomplicated ...
... not essential to concurrent therapy, 2) intensive symptomatic treatment and medical monitoring, and 3) treatment of any concomitant serious medical problems for which specific treatments are available. There is no general agreement about specific pharmacological treatment regimens for uncomplicated ...
PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
... Materia Medica as a comparatively minor subject to medical students till about 1940. The School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata had created a Chair of Professor in Pharmacology for Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra in 1922. The drug famine during the World War II brought the importance of pharmacologists in ...
... Materia Medica as a comparatively minor subject to medical students till about 1940. The School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata had created a Chair of Professor in Pharmacology for Col. Sir Ram Nath Chopra in 1922. The drug famine during the World War II brought the importance of pharmacologists in ...
ST elevation
... The second generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, amlodipine and felodipine, appear to be safe in other forms of cardiovascular disease. Extrapolation from the results of these trials does not necessarily confirm that amlodipine or felodipine are safe in patients with an acute STEMI. ...
... The second generation dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers, amlodipine and felodipine, appear to be safe in other forms of cardiovascular disease. Extrapolation from the results of these trials does not necessarily confirm that amlodipine or felodipine are safe in patients with an acute STEMI. ...
Document
... • Hydralazine acts mainly on arteries and arterioles, causing a fall in blood pressure accompanied by reflex tachycardia and an increased cardiac output. • It interferes with the action of inositol trisphosphate on Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. ...
... • Hydralazine acts mainly on arteries and arterioles, causing a fall in blood pressure accompanied by reflex tachycardia and an increased cardiac output. • It interferes with the action of inositol trisphosphate on Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. ...
The Role of the Practice Pharmacist
... GMC recommends that GPs can prescribe unlicensed or “off license” medicines but, if you decide to do so, you must: Be satisfied that an alternative, licensed medicine would not meet the patient's needs Be satisfied that there is a sufficient evidence base and/or experience of using the medicine to d ...
... GMC recommends that GPs can prescribe unlicensed or “off license” medicines but, if you decide to do so, you must: Be satisfied that an alternative, licensed medicine would not meet the patient's needs Be satisfied that there is a sufficient evidence base and/or experience of using the medicine to d ...
Chapter 16: Psychological Treatment LEARNING GOALS 1. Be able
... marital therapy and insight-oriented marital therapy as compared to standard behavioral marital therapy. ...
... marital therapy and insight-oriented marital therapy as compared to standard behavioral marital therapy. ...
TRANSLIPO-3 CREAM
... eczematoid dermatitis, contact dermatitis, follicular dermatitis, parakeratosis, paronychia, anal pruritus, intertrigo, impetigo, neurodermatitis, angular stomatitis, photosensitivity dermatitis, lichenified inguinal dermatophytosis and tinea infections such as tinea pedis, tinea cruris and tinea co ...
... eczematoid dermatitis, contact dermatitis, follicular dermatitis, parakeratosis, paronychia, anal pruritus, intertrigo, impetigo, neurodermatitis, angular stomatitis, photosensitivity dermatitis, lichenified inguinal dermatophytosis and tinea infections such as tinea pedis, tinea cruris and tinea co ...
Therapy of intestinal protozoa
... in severely immunocompromised AIDS patients cryptosporidiosis might be a self-limited illness [17]. By contrast, nitazoxanide has demonstrated effectiveness for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in nonimmunocompromised individuals. A total of 100 normal children and adults from the Nile delta of Eg ...
... in severely immunocompromised AIDS patients cryptosporidiosis might be a self-limited illness [17]. By contrast, nitazoxanide has demonstrated effectiveness for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in nonimmunocompromised individuals. A total of 100 normal children and adults from the Nile delta of Eg ...
Research with impact - UCLH BRC
... • BRC researchers discovered that genetic mutations which cause a decrease in dopamine production in the brain and lead to a form of childhood-onset Dystonia also play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease – opening up the way for more research and possible therapeutic implications. • B ...
... • BRC researchers discovered that genetic mutations which cause a decrease in dopamine production in the brain and lead to a form of childhood-onset Dystonia also play a role in the development of Parkinson’s disease – opening up the way for more research and possible therapeutic implications. • B ...
AN INDIVIDUAL BASED STUDY OF THE GERIATRIC POPULATION: A POLYPHARMACY
... carried out in a multispecialty private teaching hospital at Coimbatore over a period of 9 months. The total number of patients admitted in the study site during the period of 850 patients. Among them 170 patients who were had aged > 65 years. Our study investigate that most predominant age group wa ...
... carried out in a multispecialty private teaching hospital at Coimbatore over a period of 9 months. The total number of patients admitted in the study site during the period of 850 patients. Among them 170 patients who were had aged > 65 years. Our study investigate that most predominant age group wa ...
STATIN THERAPY AND THEIR FORMULATION APPROCHES: A REVIEW Review Article
... There is differences in extent of LDL-C lowering effect at the therapeutic doses between each agents (Table: 1). It also shows increase in HDL-C level at varying degrees.25 The currently available statin generally posses a low systemic bioavailbility indicating extensive first pass extraction.26-29 ...
... There is differences in extent of LDL-C lowering effect at the therapeutic doses between each agents (Table: 1). It also shows increase in HDL-C level at varying degrees.25 The currently available statin generally posses a low systemic bioavailbility indicating extensive first pass extraction.26-29 ...