%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %D 2023 %T Vitamin D3 Analogues and Laboratory Tests Interactions: Public Health Awareness Glance %A Majid Khan %A Muhammad Riaz %A Muhammad Usman Amin %A Ashraf Ullah Khan %K Nil %X

Vitamin-D is available in the market in three different forms; cholecalciferol, alfacalcidol both of them are inactive and converted into active form calcitriol.[1] The conversion of both occurs by passing on liver hepatocytes by (25-hydroxylase) and kidneys (1-alfa-hydroxylase) while alfacalcidol is converted into active form only by the liver.[2,3] Thus, it means that those individuals whose Renal Function Tests (RFTs) and Liver Function Tests (LFTs) are raised they are unable to get benefits from cholecalciferol and those with raised LFTs will not get benefits from alfacalcidol thus the selection of choice in this condition will be calcitriol or 1, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol is depicted in the (Figure 1).[4-6] To the best of our knowledge this will be the first attempt to highlight the selection of Vitamin D3 from different analogues. The main aim of this short comment to aware the public regarding the use of better alternative for the patients from the rest of three.

%B Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %V 9 %P 6 %8 March 2023 %G eng %N 1 %9 Letter to Editor %& 6 %R 10.5530/jppcm.2023.1.2 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %D 2020 %T Role of Clinical Pharmacist in Context of World Health Organization against COVID-19 %A Majid Khan %K Nil %X

Dear Editor,

Since December 2019, the outbreak of novel human virus on the name of COVID-19 spread in China from Wuhan city around the world to 183 countries in 2020.[1] This virus considered lethal for many people. Most of the people who infected get respiratory symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, sneezing and fever. The novel virus transmitted in contact person to person via droplets of cough or sneezes from infected person or animal. High risks to those peoples who are in outbreak areas or with other complications include immune-compromised patients, diabetes mellitus, cardiac diseases and any other co-morbidities.[2] Clinical Pharmacists are more easily accessible healthcare professionals to public and key figures of health care team regarding infectious diseases. According to Amir M et al. Clinical Pharmacy is the liaison of pharmacist with physician in which Clinical pharmacists prescribing medications.[3,4] Wasim et al. articulated that Clinical Pharmacists are independent prescribers in United Kingdom.[5] In current pandemic pharmacists may consider secondary prescriber due to physician’s self-illness and inpatient focuse.[1] World Health Organization being a standard organization around the world providing health to worldwide population, mandate some qualities upon the Pharmacists that a good pharmacist bears seven qualities every quality called as star thus named as “Seven stars Pharmacist” includes communicator, teacher, decision maker, leader, manager, lifelong learner, caregiver[6] additional two are researcher and pharmapreneur thus total becomes “Nine stars Pharmacist” (Figure 1), almost all of these are implemented in developed countries in outbreak of novel corona virus which was expected WHO few years ago now the time for these professionals proving their selves. Read more...

%B Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %V 6 %P 44-45 %8 October 2020 %G eng %N 3 %9 Letter to Editor %& 44 %R 10.5530/jppcm.2020.3.14 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %D 2020 %T Strategic Assessment of Challenges to Clinical Pharmacists in Pakistan and their Historical Relationship with Physicians %A Majid Khan %A Muhammad Riaz %K Clinical Pharmacist %K Clinical Pharmacy %K Health care triangle %K Pakistan. %K Physician %K World Health Organization %X

This study through light on actual role of Clinical Pharmacists and their relationships with Physicians as well as challenges to Clinical Pharmacists in Pakistan. Pharmacy is a patient oriented profession and a Pharmacist should be clinically smart and strong, the relation between Physician and Pharmacist of many decades but unfortunately this area of Pharmacist is not meeting the modern challenges of clinical practice, in Pakistan Pharmacy. Strategies includes curricula modification, incorporation of “7 stars Pharmacist qualities recommended by WHO”, more focus on practical knowledge rather than theoretical, vacancies announcement, training regarding prescription and paid one year internship like other countries in order to stabilize health care team and to provide rational drugs to the patient to improve both health and wealth

%B Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine %V 6 %P 2-4 %8 April 2020 %G eng %N 1 %9 Review Article %& 2 %R 10.5530/jppcm.2020.1.2