Inventi Impact - Pharmacy Practice
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Pharmacy Practice’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. This journal focuses on discipline of pharmacy which involves developing the professional roles of pharmacists. The scope of the journal includes clinical pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, pharmaceutical care, pharmacovigilance, social pharmacy, pharmacy education, process and outcome research, health promotion and education, health informatics, pharmacoeconomics and other related areas.
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METHOTREXATE INDUCED SEVERE LEUCOCYTOPENIA AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENT: A CASE REPORT OF MEDICATION NON-ADHERENCE
Methotrexate (MTX) is first line drug used in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Side effects of MTX high dose (MTX-HD) can be life threatening. MTX mainly affects bone marrow, gastrointestinal mucosa and hair. This is the case report of a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with methotrexate (7.5 gm), methyl prednisolone (500 mg), sulfasalazine (8 mg). Patient has taken 4 tablets of methotr...
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ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION OF ESSENTIAL DRUG USE AT SELECTED TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES IN MYSORE CITY
Although India is known as “Pharmacy of Global South,” 65% of its population does not have access to EMs. Pharmacists play a crucial role in providing quality health care. EMs concept, adapted for a particular national setting depending on prevalence pattern of diseases and availability of new medicines is currently a highly rational and sensible strategy to provide the best of modern, evidenc...
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OSTEOPOROSIS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY ON RISK FACTORS
Osteoporosis is characterised by low bone mass density or deterioration of micro-architecture of the bone, which cannot be identified in the early stages unless there is a fracture due to minor fall or other diagnostic tests. The major risk factors associated to osteoporosis are age, gender, menopausal history, family history of osteoporosis, past medications, lack of exercise and dietary calcium....
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ASSESSMENT OF EFFICACY OF OTC MEDICATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT ON MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG ADULTS FROM SELECTED RURAL AREAS OF CHITRADURGA: A PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY
Medicines are important for treating diseases and they are responsible for improving the population's quality of life. People may well continue to use OTC medicines extensively and inappropriately to mask severe symptoms and maintain function in their daily lives. Indiscriminate use of OTC medicines might cause health risks and abuse of these medications is a national issue. This was a prospective...
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CLINICAL EFFECTS OF METFORMIN THERAPY ON HYPERANDROGENISM AND ANOVULATION IN NON-OBESE WOMEN WITH POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME
Polycystic ovary syndrome is an ovarian disorder producing multiple cysts filled with serous fluid that produces excess number of androgens dominantly testosterone and estrogens. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) women are associated with hyperandrogenism, oligomenorrhea, infertility, hirsutism, hyperinsulinaemia (type 2 diabetes) and rarely virilism. In our study, a total of 83 patients were se...
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ASSESSMENT OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS BY USING NARANJO SCALE IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PATIENTS RECEIVING ANTI RETROVIRAL THERAPY AT A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL
The aim of current study was to assess the pattern of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in patients receiving antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. A prospective observational study was conducted for 6 months from March to August 2018 at ART Centre, Sri Venkateswara Ram Narayan Ruia Government General Hospital (SVRRGGH) and Tirupati. This is a tertiary care teaching hospital. The study had taken the instituti...
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