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DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF MICROBEADS OF SIMVASTATIN LOADED WITH SODIUM ALGINATE AND ALOE VERA
Simvastatin, a lipid-lowering agent, belongs class-II drug of BCS. It has a short biological half-life (3hr), and high first-pass metabolism. The target of the present study was to prepare the microbeads of Simvastatin to provide control release of the drug with enhanced bioavailability through sustained release. The method adopted to prepare Simvastatin loaded microbeads was by the ionic gelation...
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A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON SELF-MEDICATION FOR COVID-19 AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ADULTS IN A RESIDENTIAL COLONY OF EAST DELHI
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 140 study subjects in an urban residential area of East Delhi selected by simple random sampling method to assess the prevalence of self-medication for Covid-19 and associated socio-demographic and economic factors. Data were collected by interviewing the study subjects using a pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule. The Mean+SD age of the study s...
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ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE: A COST OF ILLNESS STUDY
The study aims to estimate the cost expenditure in chronic kidney disease patients. A prospective, observational study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital in south India for around 6 months. In the 201 patients enrolled in the study, 137 were males and 64 were females, aged 18 years or older, diagnosed with 3-5 and 5D stages of chronic kidney disease included in the study. Patient data wer...
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ADD-ON EFFECT OF SELECTED AYURVEDIC TREATMENT PROTOCOL IN FOCAL SEIZURES EVOLVING TO GENERALIZED SEIZURES – A NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Epilepsy is a chronic non-communicable disease that affects 50 million people worldwide. AEDs play a vital role in controlling seizures but are not a permanent solution. For a large percentage of Persons with Epilepsy, seizures happen even with the intake of AEDs. Apasmāra is more or less compared to epilepsy. The majority of studies conducted on Apasmāra were śamana therapies and suggested śo...
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COMPARISON OF POVIDONE-IODINE VS CHLOROHEXIDINE IN PRE-OPERATIVE SKIN PREPARATION IN ELECTIVE ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY CASES
Introduction: SSI (Surgical site infection) is the dreaded complication following orthopaedic surgery. The main source of surgical site infection is the patient's own skin flora. So skin preparation plays a major role in preventing the SSI. This study aims to compare povidone-iodine and 2% chlorohexidine alcohol in pre-operative skin preparation in elective orthopedic surgery and followed uo for 4...
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ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PRESCRIBING PRACTICES USING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PRESCRIBING INDICATORS AT A PRIVATE GENERAL HOSPITAL IN WESTERN INDIA– A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Purpose: Drug use studies are essential in health, as the research provides insight into drug use in communities. The current study aimed to evaluate the prescription pattern of drugs prescribed in a private general hospital's out-patient department (OPD),using prescribing indicators developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). Methods: The study was a prospective, observational, cross-sectio...
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NANOSUSPENSION – A PROMISING TECHNIQUE FOR POORLY SOLUBLE DRUGS
Most pharmaceutical drugs create problems during formulation as they are insoluble or poorly soluble in aqueous and non-aqueous mediums. It was proved that reducing the drug particle size increases the drug's Solubility, Dissolution and Bioavailability. Many conventional techniques may be used, but the desired amount of particle size may not be achieved, and Solubility, Dissolution and Bioavailabi...
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ANTI-CANCEROUS ACTIVITY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
The rising burden of cancer worldwide calls for an indispensable treatment result. Herbal drug provides a veritably doable volition to western drug against cancer. This composition reviews the named plant species with active phytochemicals, the animal models used for these studies, and their nonsupervisory aspects. This study is grounded on a scrupulous literature review conducted through the hunt...
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THE PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: A TABOO OF SEXUAL HEALTH
Normally, there are two major sexual grievances in men; Erectile dysfunction or impotence and premature ejaculation. Premature ejaculation (PE) is a condition where the orgasm or the emission of semen occurs sooner during sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a sexual dysfunction mainly characterized by the inability to either develop an erection or maintain an erection of the penis dur...
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A REVIEW ON PRECLINICAL PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH: PRINCIPAL AND COMMON ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION IN SMALL RODENTS
Preclinical drug or pharmaceutical research in mouse and rat species is inevitable in the scientific investigations of a chemical substance or lead entity. The administration routes are the experimental study design, and regulatory requirements may influence the study of humans' intended therapeutic/clinical route. Specific route selection in the investigation of test substances must be profoundly...
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