An open, prospective study of atorvastatin in the management of patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia (original) (raw)

Prescribing patterns amongmedical practitioners inPune,India

1998

In1975theWorldHealth Assembly requested theDirector-General toadvise MemberStates onthe selection andprocurement ofessential drugs corresponding totheir national health needs. Wereport here theresults ofastudy oftheprescribing patterns andrational drugutilization ofmedical practitioners ofPune, anindustrial city inthewestofIndia, whichwasundertaken byanalysing their prescriptions. Theresults indicated a lackofrational prescribing practices bya significant numberofpractitioners. Fixed-dose formulations dominated theprescribing pattern andgeneric prescriptions werenegligible, with prescriptions foressential drugs accounting forlessthan60%ofthetotal numberofdrugs prescribed. Morethan30%of

Comparative evaluation of human placental extract for its healing potential in surgical wounds after orthopaedic surgery: an open, randomised, comparative study

Journal of the Indian Medical Association, 2008

The study was conducted to compare the efficacy and safety of topical application of purified extract of human placenta (placentrex gel) versus povidone iodine for its wound healing potential after orthopaedic surgeries. In this open, comparative, randomised study, 79 patients above 18 years of age undergoing elective clean and uncontaminated orthopaedic surgery (open fracture reduction, spine surgery and debridement of wound) were enrolled in the study after obtaining written informed consent. Enrolled patients were randomised as per the PC generated randomisation chart (Rando 1.2, 2004) to receive either topical application of human placenta purified extract (PE) on the surgical wound or topical application of povidone iodine (PI) ointment on the surgical wound. Both preparations were applied topically on the surgical wound after the surgery, on days 3, 7 and on day 10, if required. Assessment of surgical wound was done after recovery from anaesthesia and on days 3, 7 and 10 based...