Volume 4, Issue 2

Editorial|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Harika Bheemavarapu, Mohammad Arief, Akram Ahmad, Isha Patel

A study by the international nosocomial infection control consortium found that the rates of hospital-acquired infections in India were higher than the statistics provided by the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Preve…

Short Communication|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Chee-Tao Chang, Nalini Krishnasamy, Harveen Kaur Olikh, Kamaruddin N, Huan-Keat Chan, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Omar Thanoon Dawood

Background: The current study aimed to determine the prevalence and types of prescribing errors at a public tertiary care center in Malaysia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, undertaken at the Pharmacy Departme…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Ahmed Al-mohamadi, Abdulsalam M. Halboup, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Mahfoudh Abdulghani, Yaser Mohammed Al-Woraf, Gamil Otham, Mohammed Alshakka, Mukhtar Ansari

Objective: The study is to evaluate Yemeni medical and pharmacy students’ knowledge and attitude regarding generic medicines. Method: A cross-sectional survey was used to collect data from final-year medical and pharmacy…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Ju-Ying Ang, Jie-Shi Leo, Doris George, Huan-Keat Chan

Background: Self-care behaviors have been confirmed to be strongly associated with clinical outcomes of diabetes management. Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of inadequate self-care behaviors among…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Mithali Jacqueline Abdullah, Mei Mei Tew, Pei Hoon Tan, Jing Hui Koh, Nurhayati Md Osman, Huan Keat Chan

Background: The involvement of pharmacists in diabetes education and management has been shown to improve patient outcomes worldwide. The pharmacist-managed Diabetes Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic (DMTAC) has been i…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Omer Qutaiba B. Allela, Ramadan M. Elkalmi, Avan Saleem Salih, Diana Yaqo Yousif, Hala Wazir Ali, Narmin Oraha Shammo

Objective: To assess pharmacy, medical and nurse students’ knowledge of and perceptions about pharmacovigilance and reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) at University of Duhok (UOD). Methods: A cross-sectional stud…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Ali Hassan Gillani, Sadia Bashir, Abu Bakar Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Asim Mustafa, Taha Iqbal, Narjis Batool

Background: Diabetes is defined as syndrome and is accompanied by number of micro and macro-vascular complications. The burden is quite high in developing countries so the main aim of this study is to evaluate complicati…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Nada Al Qahtani, Nora Alsulami, Mohamed Mashouf Al Qahtani, Fahad Abdallah Almansor

Objective: To explore the analysis of drug information inquiries at a Mental hospital in Saudi Arabia. Method: It is 4.5- years cohort analysis of drug Information centers inquiries at a 500-bed Mental hospital in Riyadh…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Awatif Saad Al-Shaibani, Alfaisal Ghadeer, Njood Mohmmed Alasmi

Purpose: To explore the patients and healthcare providers’ attitudes and perceptions on clinical outcomes drug-related problems in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of drug-related problem in…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Nada Al Qahtani, Nora Alsulami, Mohamed Mashouf Al Qahtani, Fahad Abdallah Almansor

Objective: To explore the cost analysis of drug information services at the mental hospital in Saudi Arabia. Method: It retrospective cost analysis of drug information services past four years and a half at a mental hosp…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Awatif Saad Al-Shaibani, Alfaisal Ghadeer, Njood Mohmmed Alasmi

Purpose: To explore the patients and healthcare providers’ attitudes and perceptions of drug-related problems in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of drug-related problem information in Saudi…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi, Radi Abdullah Alattyh, Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy

Objective: To explore the outcomes of strategic plan implementations in past 2013-2016 and to update the pharmacy strategic plan based on new Saudi vision 2030. Method: It is a cross-sectional follow-up, monitor, and for…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Nada Al Qahtani, Nora Alsulami, Mohamed Mashouf Al Qahtani, Fahad Abdallah Almansor

Objective: To explore the cost-efficiency of drug information services at the mental hospital in Saudi Arabia. Methods: It simulation of cost efficiency of drug information center for four years and a half at a mental ho…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Awatif Saad Al-Shaibani, Alfaisal Ghadeer, Njood Mohmmed Alasmi

Purpose: To explore the cost analysis of drug-related problems in Saudi Arabia from patient and healthcare provider’s perceptive. Methods: It is a 4-months cross-sectional survey of drug-related problem information in Sa…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Mohd Nor Radieah, Abdul Manaf Normaliza, Mohd Gazzali Amirah, Ahmad Hassali Mohamed Azmi

The study was conducted by using a validated questionnaire and the respondents chosen are those from lowincome status and relatively low level of education in the State of Penang, Malaysia. A total of 65 respondents were…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

SS Biradar, Sushruta Marla, Chaitanya K, Himaja S, Chandini M

Background: Self-medication can be defined as the use of drugs to treat self-diagnosed disorders or symptoms. In India, the rate of self-medication practices is rising exponentially as it is the cheapest way of treatment…

Research Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Abdullah R. Y. Alkhalil, Shilan Mostafa Mohammad, Omer Q. B. Allela

Backgrounds and objectives: Tonsillectomy is regarded as one of the most common surgical operation carried out by otolaryngologists worldwide. Pain is one of the most common troubling problems both the patients and surge…

Review Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Nora Alsolami, Nada Alqahtani, Abeer Alsairi, Ban Aldossari

The national psychiatric pharmacy program is new system founded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The program of mental health care services at Ministry of health. The new program started with several initiatives projects …

Review Article|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Nora Alsolami, Nada Alqahtani, Abdulrahman Rahbini

The general administration of pharmaceutical care stated evidence-based pharmacy guidelines at Ministry of Health hospitals and primary healthcare centers in 2015. That has included several programs related to anticoagul…

Case Series|Published: 20 Jun 2018

Ramatati Anusha, Sharad Chand, Varun Lal, Devarapu Mary Sushmitha, Dhypa Sahithi Reddy, Siddha Tejaswini, Savanthi Chitrahasini

Isoniazid is one of the most common drugs inducing liver injury, identifying and quantification of risk related to the drug is the prime to prevent and treat its occurrence. This case series tried to demonstrate the risk…