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Shobha Rani Hiremath

pp. 65 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.1 · 2016

Dear Readers, Post success of Millennium Development Goals, in January 2016, World leaders adopted Sustainable Development Goals as an agenda for the World’s peace and growth. This program is targeted for the next 15 yea…

Seema Rath, Shraddha Patnala, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Srinivas

pp. 66-72 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.2 · 2016

Sustainable development can be achieved by eradicating poverty, attaining the wellbeing of the population, and by protecting and improving environments by restricting pollution. Non communicable Diseases (NCDs) are curre…

Anas Abdul Salam, Shobha Rani R. Hiremath, Mahvash Iram

pp. 73-76 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.3 · 2016

Developing countries are the one who suffers the major and in-depth consequences of most of the infectious and epidemic diseases. The consequences includes, high rate of mortality, long term disability, and significant s…

Praise Marara, Seema Rath, Samridhi Sharma, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Srinivas

pp. 77-85 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.4 · 2016

Alcohol consumption has been a major contributor to the global burden of diseases, accounting for 3.3 million deaths, which is equivalent to 5.9% of all global deaths. Alcohol misuse is the fifth leading risk factor for …

Theodore Duxbury, Seema Rath, Paayal Maraj, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Srinivas

pp. 86-94 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.5 · 2016

The use of tobacco containing products is a global health and economic burden adversely affecting sustainable development, particularly in the developing world. This article focuses on the impact of population growth, ag…

Gwiba Mbobo, Seema Rath, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Srinivas

pp. 95-101 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.6 · 2016

The global prevalence of childhood overweightness and obesity is increasing due to unhealthy diets and a lack of physical activity. A decrease in exclusive breastfeeding of children below 6 months, increased urbanisation…

Tinatsei Gabriella Chigumete, Seema Rath, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Chandrasekhar Srinivas

pp. 102-105 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.7 · 2016

Populations throughout the world are facing immense challenges caused by a global rise in non-communicable diseases and ongoing economic crises. Non-communicable diseases impose a large financial burden on many populatio…

Fadzai Mushoriwa, Seema Rath, Nomvelo Mabika, Sean James Bosman, Sunitha Chandrasekhar Srinivas

pp. 106-109 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.8 · 2016

India and South Africa have a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with cardiovascular diseases being the most prevalent. Salt reduction has been identified as a cost effective way of addressing the burden of…

Varun Parvathagiri, Aparna Yerramilli, Somasekhar Mudigonda, Swathi Kethavath, Nikitha Rao Yeravalli, Navya Teja Peteti

pp. 110-114 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.9 · 2016

Background: Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease are at increased risk for potentially harmful prescribing. The selection of appropriate dosing for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease is important to avoid unwanted drug…

Pramil Tiwari, Ruchi Singhal, Rajiv Ahlawat

pp. 115-122 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.10 · 2016

Introduction: Pharmacy practice profession had evolved in India over a period of time, but still a lot of work needs to be done. Indian journal of pharmacy practice was started in 2008 to meet the demand of a required fo…

Bincy Benjamin, B Sajeev Kumar, Padmaja Udaykumar, V.B. Narayana Swamy

pp. 123-130 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.11 · 2016

Introduction : Drug Utilization Evaluation play a key role in managing healthcare system to understand, interpret, evaluate and improve the prescribing, administration and use of medications. Objective: To evaluate and c…

Anusha Govindula, Chandrasekhar Valupadas, Sabitha Panchagiri

pp. 131-135 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.12 · 2016

Background: Hypertension is a significant risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Increasing blood pressure could be a marker for metabolic syndrome (MtS) …

Malarkodi Velraj, G. Ragesh, Poripiraddy Satya Prasad

pp. 136-138 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.13 · 2016

Objective: The study mainly focused on retrospective comparison between the various treatments alternatives for good control of post prandial blood sugar in Type-2 diabetic patients. Methods: A Retrospective study was do…

Benson Koshy, Shashank S Hosur, Stimson Jose, Yogananda Rajashekarachar, Gopal Das

pp. 139-140 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.14 · 2016

Hair loss (alopecia) is an occasional side effect associated with psychotropic drugs use. Fluvoxamine is a synthetic antidepressant which acts as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor as well as sigma-1 receptor agoni…

Eldho Mathew Paul, Stimson Jose, Yogananda Achar, Bharathi Doddlu Raghunath

pp. 141-142 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.2.15 · 2016

Chronic use of steroids have a lot of serious side effects like Cushing syndrome. Here is a case of 39 year old female patients who is suffering from Cushing syndrome caused by chronic use of prednisolone. She is a known…