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Editorial
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Fahad Saleem
pp. 1-2 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.1 · 2016
The rapid changes in socio-economic, politics and information technology have forced the paradigm shift of pharmacy profession to meet the objectives and global needs. Today, the traditional role of pharmacists in compou…
Review Article
Muhammad Atif, Shahbaz Hussain, Muhammad Rehan Sarwar, Anum Saqib
pp. 3-11 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.2 · 2016
Background and objectives: The migraine headache is a chronic and sometimes progressive neurological disorder that can be characterized as the recurrent episodes of headaches and related symptoms. Migraine headache syndr…
Short Communication
Huan-Keat Chan, Siti Nadiah Abd Rahim, Mohd Shainol Azmar Kassim, Beng-Hoong Chew, Mohd Azri Mohd Suan
pp. 12-16 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.3 · 2016
Background: Cautionary information on prescription drug labels is crucial to ensure safe administration. The current study examined patients’ attentiveness to warnings and precautions on drug labels in a Malaysian public…
Research Article
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Subish Palaian
pp. 17-21 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.4 · 2016
Introduction: Pharmacists can help people understand, manage and use their medications appropriately. The subject of social pharmacy is gaining in importance in many countries. In South Asia pharmacy education concentrat…
Adel Hamood Noman Aldhubhani, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Pazilah Ibrahim, Mohamed S. Anaam, Mohamed Alshakka
pp. 22-26 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.5 · 2016
Background: Delay in TB diagnosis can increase the financial burden of patients, especially those who are suffering from poverty. The cost of Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, either pre- or post diagnosis, is an important co…
Brief Report
- Communication
Maddi Ramaiah, Prudhivi Ramakrishna
pp. 27-30 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.6 · 2016
Background: India, the seventh largest country, 3rd largest standing army and one of the oldest civilizations in the world, with a literacy rate of 74.04%. Indian population was a mixture of 46,73,034 categories of diffe…
- Communication
Santosh Thapa, Subish Palaian, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim
pp. 31-33 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.7 · 2016
Hospital pharmacy in Nepal is in the state of infancy where pharmacists are struggling to gain their professional recognition. The first hospital pharmacy in Nepal was set up some 50 years ago but has not gained the popu…
- Communication
Kadir Alam, Arjun Poudel, Subish Palaian, Bhawesh Koirala, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar
pp. 34-36 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.8 · 2016
Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death among children less than five years of age around the world accounting for about two million child deaths annually. One of the recent strategies made to minimize the diarrhe…
Letter to Editor
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Subish Palaian, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Sanjaya Khatri Chhetri
pp. 37-38 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.9 · 2016
Dear Editor, Although medicines are beneficial, sometimes they can be harmful and can lead to potentially life threatening conditions and even lead to death. Medicines can cause Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), which has b…
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Alok Semwal, Ramandeep Singh, Mohammad Azam
pp. 39-40 · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2017.1.10 · 2016
Dear Editor,The main essence of marriage in humans is proliferation and sexual fulfillment of male with a female in sexual intercourse. Apart from non living matter, all living things reproduce to make more organisms lik…