TY - JOUR T1 - Vitamin D3 Analogues and Laboratory Tests Interactions: Public Health Awareness Glance JF - Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine Y1 - 2023 A1 - Majid Khan A1 - Muhammad Riaz A1 - Muhammad Usman Amin A1 - Ashraf Ullah Khan KW - Nil AB -

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.

VL - 9 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Strategic Assessment of Challenges to Clinical Pharmacists in Pakistan and their Historical Relationship with Physicians JF - Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine Y1 - 2020 A1 - Majid Khan A1 - Muhammad Riaz KW - Clinical Pharmacist KW - Clinical Pharmacy KW - Health care triangle KW - Pakistan. KW - Physician KW - World Health Organization AB -

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

VL - 6 IS - 1 ER -