A study to investigate the chemical potency, physical stability, and efficacy of analgesic agents over a period of two years post their expiry date.

Background: As per regulations, drugs have to be used within their shelf life and must be discarded after their expiry date. The present study was conducted in commonly used analgesic agents to investigate the change in the physical, chemical, and efficacy parameters of the drugs over a period of two years after their expiry date.

Methods: The drugs studied were Tab Ibuprofen, Tab Diclofenac, Tab Piroxicam, Inj Diclofenac, and Inj Piroxicam.

A study of perceptions and exposure of drug promotional literature among clinicians in a teaching hospital.

Background: Drug promotional literature (DPL) forms a major marketing technique of pharmaceutical companies for propagating information regarding a drug. Many a times, it is the only source on which treating physicians depend for updating their knowledge about the existing and novel drugs.

Aims And Objectives: This study was conducted to understand the clinicians' perceptions about DPL and its critical appraisal so that relevant interventions can be made.

An evaluation of medication appropriateness in pregnant women with coexisting illness in a tertiary care hospital.

Aim: Prescribing drugs during pregnancy needs careful consideration of benefit to the mother and risk to the fetus. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the appropriateness of medications among pregnant women with coexisting illness in a tertiary care hospital, Western India.

Materials And Methods: It was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in the obstetrics and gynecology department of a tertiary care hospital.