{"title":"Plasma drug concentration resulting from body surface area-based dosage.","authors":"Heng Wang, Song Xue","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_470_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_470_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 5","pages":"340"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10751524/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71481109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gurjeet Kaur, Paras Pahwa, Ajay Prakash, Bikash Medhi
{"title":"Genomic biomarkers: Unveiling the potential for precise cancer therapy response.","authors":"Gurjeet Kaur, Paras Pahwa, Ajay Prakash, Bikash Medhi","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_442_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_442_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"213-215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657619/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41123028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case series on tofacitinib-induced weight gain.","authors":"Kanisha Shah, Dhaiwat Shukla, Manish Patel, Supriya Malhotra","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_158_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_158_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Janus kinase inhibitor tofacitinib belongs to a group of targeted synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, also known as small molecule inhibitors. They are oral drugs with a novel strategy to treat inflammatory diseases. The major concern with the use of these drugs is a high risk for infections and other potential side effects. Here, we have focused on reporting one of the rare side effects of tofacitinib, weight gain. We have reported six cases of tofacitinib-induced weight gain in patients of ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, and vasculitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"263-265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657621/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41100326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Microteaching: Overview and examination evaluation.","authors":"Pugazhenthan Thangaraju, Bikash Medhi","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_912_21","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_912_21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nearly all teachers are forced into teaching and gain experience through time, but many do not feel adequately prepared for their fieldwork in their training program. Only solution which helps teachers and students is to connect theory to practice by microteaching. It is a strategy for acquiring teaching abilities on a smaller scale, in which teachers may practice previously learned skills as well as acquire new ones. The efficiency of microteaching may be predicted using feedback from participants. While preservice instructors benefit from microteaching and students themselves find it helpful, academics have not yet looked closely at the assignment itself to determine precisely what microteaching entails. As a result, this study aids in learning more about the interactional aspects of microteaching and the effect of it in both teachers and students.</p>","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"257-262"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657622/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41109039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing the knowledge and interpretation skills of ChatGPT in pharmacology examination of phase II MBBS.","authors":"Anitha Elango, Neevedha Kannan, Isswariya Anandan, Krishna Mohan Surapaneni","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_188_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_188_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"266-267"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41122080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fixed drug eruption - Experience from a tertiary care center in Uttarakhand.","authors":"Neirita Hazarika, Puneet Dhamija, Amrita Upadhyaya, Manisha Rauthan","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_177_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_177_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"270-271"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41109022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Role of vascular endothelial growth factor in tuberculous meningitis: A prospective study from a tertiary care center in North India.","authors":"Devesh Kumar, Deependra Singh, Tanish Modi, Riya Sharma, Anand Keshav Awasthy, Ritu Shree, Manoj Kumar Goyal, Dhawal Narang, Siddharth Chand, Sameer Vyas, Kusum Sharma, Navneet Sharma, Rudresh Gowda, Abeer Goel, Rajeev Ranjan, Manish Modi","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_743_22","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_743_22","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The status of vascular endothelial-derived growth factor (VEGF) in the pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis (TBM) remains far from clear. We prospectively evaluated the role of serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) VEGF in TBM.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>This prospective study was conducted at a tertiary care center in North India from January 2018 to June 2019. Consecutive drug-naive patients (n = 82) of TBM diagnosed on the basis of modified Ahuja's criteria were included in the study. The results were compared with 49 control subjects (n = 49). Serum and CSF VEGF were done in all the cases and controls. Follow-up serum VEGF levels were done in 34 patients after 3 months of completion of antitubercular therapy. The VEGF levels were estimated using the human VEGF enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age was 29.9 ± 13.1 years. The study group consisted of 33 (40.2%) men and 49 (59.8%) women. BACTEC MGIT960 was positive in 15 (18%) patients while multiplex tuberculosis polymerase chain reaction was positive in 73 (89%) patients. Levels of VEGF in serum and CSF of TBM patients were not elevated when compared to controls. There was no association between final outcome in TBM and decrease in serum levels of VEGF at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>VEGF may not be playing a significant role in the pathogenesis of TBM. Future studies with larger sample size may clarify the status of VEGF further in TBM.</p>","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"216-222"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657616/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41123029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehdi Mahmoodkhani, Bahram Aminmansour, Mehdi Shafiei, Mohammadreza Hasas, Donya Sheibani Tehrani
{"title":"Citicoline on the Barthel Index: Severe and moderate brain injury.","authors":"Mehdi Mahmoodkhani, Bahram Aminmansour, Mehdi Shafiei, Mohammadreza Hasas, Donya Sheibani Tehrani","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_570_21","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_570_21","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a paramount factor in mortality and morbidity. The clinical trials conducted to investigate the efficacy of neuroprotective agents, such as citicoline, as a therapeutic alternative for TBI have presented divergent findings. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate and compare citicoline's effect on the Barthel Index in patients with severe and moderate brain injury.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The study is a randomized clinical trial. Patients in the case group (35 patients) were treated with citicoline and the control group (34 patients) received a placebo. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that changes in the Glasgow Coma Scale, changes in quadriceps muscle force score, Barthel Index score changes, achieving the status without intubation, and spontaneous breathing in patients treated with citicoline were not a statistically significant difference in the two groups (P > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings revealed that citicoline did not impact the recovery process of severe and moderate TBI patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"223-228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41122079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shiva Murthy Nanjundappa, Pratibha Durgesh Nadig, M K Jayanti, R M Veena, G N Manjunath
{"title":"Pharmacovigilance in the medical education: In UG curriculum where do we stand? What can be done?","authors":"Shiva Murthy Nanjundappa, Pratibha Durgesh Nadig, M K Jayanti, R M Veena, G N Manjunath","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_145_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_145_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"268-269"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657627/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41138649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nguyen Trong Hong Phuc, Nguyen Thi Yen Lan, Nguyen Van Ay
{"title":"Potential use of <i>Balanophora latisepala</i> (V. Tiegh.) Lec. extract for the treatment of diabetes.","authors":"Nguyen Trong Hong Phuc, Nguyen Thi Yen Lan, Nguyen Van Ay","doi":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_253_23","DOIUrl":"10.4103/ijp.ijp_253_23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Balanophora latisepala (BL) is a chlorophyll-free and obligate parasitic plant found across mountainous areas of An Giang, Vietnam. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of extracts from BL, herbs mentioned in many traditional medicines in the treatment of diabetes, on laboratory mice.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>The effects of BL aqueous, methanol, and ethanol extracts on the blood glucose levels, hematological indices, liver enzymes, and pancreatic tissue structure of normal, glucose-tolerant mice, and diabetic mice treated with streptozotocin (STZ) were assessed. Mice were orally administered extracts at a concentration of 500 mg/kg.</p><p><strong>Results and discussion: </strong>The aqueous and ethanol extracts did not affect the blood glucose levels of healthy and glucose-tolerant mice (P > 0.05). The methanol extract reduced the blood glucose of healthy mice (P < 0.05) but did not affect the blood glucose of glucose-tolerant mice 3 h after administration (P > 0.05). When taking the methanol and ethanol extracts, the diabetic mice experienced a 45.67% and a 40.33% decrease in blood glucose levels after 21 days of research, respectively. Aqueous extract and gliclazide (10 mg/kg) showed no effect on reducing blood glucose levels in diabetic mice over the 21 days of the study. Both methanol and ethanol extracts were effective in regulating liver enzyme levels in diabetic mice. In both untreated and treated diabetic mice, pancreatic islet structures were degraded with the appearance of gaps resulting from β-cell degeneration.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This implies that ethanol extracts have potential applications in regulating blood glucose levels.</p>","PeriodicalId":13490,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Pharmacology","volume":"55 4","pages":"237-242"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41113817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}