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RIPER PDIC Bulletin February 2013 is released

Submitted by pharmacistdixon on Fri, 03/01/2013 - 14:35

Dear Colleague,

Please find the February release of RIPER PDIC Bulletin (ISPOR India- Andhra Pradesh Chapter Newsletter).

Any short write ups could be submitted before 20^th for getting published in the same month in our indexed and widely circulated serial among health care professionals. There are no costs involved in author or reader side.

Best regards,

RIPER PDIC Bulletin Feb, 2013.pdf

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NSAIDS-ADRs-Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reaction (SCAR)

Submitted by vijayaratna on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 18:26

The World Health Organisation, in its Pharmaceuticals News Letter, May, 2012, warned that Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reaction (SCAR), is possible with the use of Non steroidal Antiinflammatory drugs. The risk associated with NSAIDS is very low, but it is possible. The highest number of reactions were seen in the case of celecoxib, and that was only six cases per I million person-years.

60 Pharmacologist to practice medicine

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Sat, 07/28/2012 - 09:44

Here is a piece of news that Maharashtra Govt wants to allow professionals who study pharmacology to practice. Go through the link below: http://www.moneylife.in/article/doctors-who-study-pharmacology-can-pract...

57. Dispensing by physician - a discussion

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 20:34

I came across this very interesting discussion on the subject and thought that I should share it with my professionals. Here is the link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/766636?src=mp&spon=38

52. SATYAMEVA JAYATE of Amirkhan Vs IMA

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 19:51

WITH DUE REGARDS, RESPECT AND APOLOGIES TO DEDICATED SINCERE ETHICAL PRACTITIONERS This is with reference to the issue 'SATYAMEVA JAYATE Vs IMA The discofiture of IMA is understandable and for that matter any Indian doctor gets upset when encountered with queries on his deeds.

50. FIVE WAY TEST FOR SELF MEDICATION

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 08:15

FIVE WAY TEST FOR SELF MEDICATION: 1. Is this the right drug? 2. Do I really need this? 3. Could there be non-drug alternative? 4. Does this match well with my other drugs? 5. What care should I take when I swallow this? - Bhagavan p s

48. Patient and his / her medicine

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 08:41

There is a leaflet and / or explanation for every product we buy in market as to its maintenance, usage and invite for a feed back except for the medicines we buy, which is just given away at cost and left to the best wisdom of the customer - a patient in this case.

47. Tobacco - a nuisense created by man!

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:43

Thanks to Shiva for a good opening topic for 2012. I wish you are not a smoker or at least a ex-smoker now! Cigarette is one such product that does more harm when used in the right way! Cigarette is the only product on the market that is perhaps exempted from disclosing the contents. There are no quality parameters which you can use to cross check the quality.

44. Counterfeit medicine - Pharmacist

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:01

Well, I am writing this blog being inspired by the blog of Ms m.sandhya sravya [http://www.pharmainfo.net/msandhyasravya/blog/counterfeit-medicines-and-.... I dedicate this blog to her.

43 NATIONAL PHARMACY WEEK

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 12:06

I have received quite a good response for my previous blog No. 42. I have many invitations and intimations from various pharmacy bodies including pharmacy colleges. Many have called me over phone expressing their good feel at my suggestion on Domestic drug management and have asked me to suggest some more activity.

IPR...

Submitted by sravani kompella on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 09:54

Hello bloggers.... In continuation with the first blog, Let us know what an intellectual property means???

41. Blogs on Hospital and Clinical pharmacy

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 11:41

I find most of the blogs are lab and industry oriented and find very few on hospital, clinical and pharmacy issues.

40 Toxicity treatment - a challenge to the hospital

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 10:07

We encounter two distinct toxicity cases in the hospital: Toxicity due to drugs & Toxicity due to poisons Many a time these two though are generally looked upon as alike superficially the practitioners and academicians need to treat them differently. The picture perhaps would be clear if I put it as: 'Toxic effect of a poison' & 'Toxic effect of a drug'

Drug Toxicity

Submitted by gangadhar hari on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 17:29

Hi friends, sorry for the delay in posting my blog. In this blog I have discussed about drug toxicity, various mechanisms involved in this process, and situations of drug toxicity.

Memory 2- preparation of dilute sulphuric acid

Submitted by vijayaratna on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 10:37

Memory 2 - preparation of dilute sulphuric acid! Friends, I want to share another experience with you. As a part of my research, I did a number of practicals but I remember a few things very vividly. One such work is the way we prepared dilute sulphuric Acid. I want to describe this to you.

39 Pharm D & the Doctors

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 10:28

Well, this is with reference to some of the mails I received from many people. The content is some of the medical doctors are feeling disturbed and are unable to digest a pharmacist being called a Doctor! This turbulence is a natural one and is on expected line.

38 Wrong dispensing - takes a life

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 11:49

I was sitting in my friend's house when suddenly the title "Chemist hands out wrong drug; 65 year old dies" in Bangalore Mirror dated May 3 2011 caught my eyes. I was shaken up.

China CPU Challengers May Topics

Submitted by Pettho on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 16:25

The Month of April has been one of the tough month for most of us, due to a personal School Schedule. Therefore, we couldn't cover all the topic announced. However, this Month of May, we will discuss on: -Naltrexone -Tramadol -Asthma -Crohn's Disease -Gene Therapy and cancer -Modern Pharmacy Vs Traditional Pharmacy -Mechanized nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Part Two

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Submitted by Francine on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 18:57

Dear all, as my first blog of this month of April, I will bring you into a respiratory disease: COPD

Epilepsy

Submitted by Francine on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 15:51

Dear Bloggers, here i am again with my second topic of this month: Epilepsy. I will be concise and brief on it. I will talk based on we as Med-Student and friends see from our Friends, Relatives and Patients.

Warfarin Part II

Submitted by Pettho on Mon, 03/14/2011 - 15:56

Dear Bloggers, Shalom

food thy medicine

Submitted by sravani kompella on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 17:54

Hippocrates told in 19th century itself that "Food is the medicine and medicine is the food....."----Coming to my topic food and medicine which is nothing but Nutraceutical. Nutraceuticals is the word which we are listening everywhere these days...What actually is a Nutraceutical?

Warfarin Part I

Submitted by Pettho on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 16:15

Dear Bloggers let me bring you to a journey with a special drug I worked on when I was doing my Master Degree Research Project.

PhamaCare : A Ground-breaking Concept in the Practice of Pharmacy

Submitted by Pettho on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 16:02

Dear Bloggers, after a first blog relating to the Old and New Concept of Pharmacy through its origin, let us move forward with a concept that most of health care providers always use but sometimes ignore its fullness in terms of Goals, Classification and Challenges.

Targeted drug delivery systems- a brief note

Submitted by vijayaratna on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 03:28

Targeted Drug Delivery Systems Prof. J. Vijaya Ratna, AU College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. 1. ? Paul Ehrlich first proposed targeting of drugs in 1902. ? A Targeted Drug Delivery system (TDDS) is a delivery system that releases its drug at a preselected biosite in a controlled manner. 2. ? Side Effects are the bane of modern medicines.

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