Drug update - Baloxavir marboxil: Latest entrant into the arena of pharmacotherapy of influenza.

Influenza is a frequent cause of clinically significant human disease, with seasonal epidemics and occasional pandemics. Uncomplicated influenza in healthy individuals is managed symptomatically. Vaccination against influenza plays a vital role in the control of infection in humans.

Analysis of the prescription pattern of psychotropics in an outpatient department of a general hospital psychiatry unit.

Background: World Health Organization has prescribed drug use indicators for evaluating rational prescribing. Very few studies have been conducted on rational prescriptions for psychotropic drugs; hence, this study was undertaken at a tertiary care center of North India.

Methods: After obtaining approval of the Institutional Ethics Committee, all prescriptions deposited with the dispensary of the psychiatry department of the hospital between 01 October 2017 and 31 December 2017 were included in the study.