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Pharmacy Newsletter : April 2009, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Pharmacy News
• FDA Alerts
• Interaction Update
• Establishment of a New Anti-H.pylori Regimen

Pharmacy Newsletter : August 2008, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Pharmacy News
• FDA Alerts
• Heparin: An update
• Warfarin interaction update
• Adverse drug reaction update: pethidine induced rashes

Drug-Prescribing Patterns During Pregnancy In The Tertiary Care Hospitals Of Pakistan: A Cross Sectional Study., Dileep K Rohra, Nirmal Das, Syed I Azam, Nazir A Solangi, Zahida Memon, Abdul M Shaikh, Nusrat H Khan

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Background: The rationale for use of drugs during pregnancy requires a careful assessment as in addition to the mother, the health and life of her unborn child is also at stake. Information on the use of drugs during pregnancy is not available in Pakistan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the patterns of drug prescriptions to pregnant women in tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at five tertiary care hospitals of Pakistan. Copies of outPatient medicinal prescriptions given to pregnant Patients attending the antenatal clinics were collected. The drugs were classified according …

Pharmacy Newsletter : October 2007, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Management of Scorpion Envenomation
• Managing Toxic Methanol Poisoning
• Facts on Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• Adverse Drug Reaction Update

Pharmacy Newsletter : April 2007, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Calcium and Vitamin D intake in Women
• Overview of managing intractable hiccups
• Facts about therapeutic drug monitoring
• Drug interaction update

Pharmacy Newsletter : December 2006, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Dengue Virus: DF and DHF
• Facts about Immuisation

Pharmacy Newsletter : August 2006, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Identification of ADRs through “Triggers”
• Drug Induced Fever

Pharmacy Newsletter : March 2006, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Preventing Medication Errors
• IV to PO Switching - Take it Seriously!
• Drug-Drug Interaction Corner
• News Alert For Health Care Professionals

Critical Evaluation Of The Claims Made By Pharmaceutical Companies In Drug Promotional Material In Pakistan, Dileep Kumar Rohra, Anwarul Hassan Gilani, Ismail Kamal Memon, Ghazala Perven, Muhammad Talha Khan, Hina Zafar, Rakesh Kumar

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Background: In Pakistan, there is no mechanism to monitor the drug promotional campaign by pharmaceutical industry despite the fact that there is enough evidence that irrational pharmacotherapy is increasingly encountered even in the developed countries due to unethical practices of pharmaceutical promotion. Objectives. To audit the drug promotional claims made by the pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan.
Methods: Drug promotional pamphlets and brochures containing claims for the drugs, which were circulated by the pharmaceuticalrepresentatives were collected from 122 general practitioners (GPs) from Karachi and Larkana cities of the Sindh Province. The claims were critically analyzed and audited with the help of …

Pharmaceutical Research: Paradox, Challenge Or Dilemma?, Abdul Latif Sheikh

Community Health Sciences

A great deal of pharmaceutical research is nowadays carried out in developing countries such as Pakistan. Is it, however, beneficial for the country and the participants, often the poorly educated and illiterate? Pharmaceutical research in Pakistan can bring benefits to both patients and country. Promotion of good clinical practice and the development of national guidelines are advocated. Government and industry both have a role to play to maintain the right balance.

Pharmacy Newsletter : September 2005, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Are Expired Drugs Dangerous?
• ADR Reportage—Year wise Presentation
• NEWS ALERT! Use of Promethazine (Phenargan) in Children
• Important Drug Warning - Herceptin (Trastuzumab)

Pharmacy Newsletter : September 2003, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT)
• Antibiotics and Dialysis
• Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection
• Story of A Pharmacist In a Busy Pharmacy
• ACE inhibitor, diuretic and NSAID: a dangerous combination

Pharmacy Newsletter : June 2003, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Drug Induced Liver Injury
• Drug Expiration Date Clarification

Pharmacy Newsletter : October 2002, Pharmacy Department

Pharmacy Newsletter

Content:

• Drug Utilization Review