Department of Pharmacology

General Facilities:

 Office Space:

 Equipments:

Library:

Area of Department Library:     30m²

No. of Books Available:

          Central Library:     543

          Departmental Library:     117

Museum:

Publications:

• Lalitha MK, David T, Thomas K et al; Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance Study Group. Nasopharyngeal swabs of school children, useful in rapid assessment of community antimicrobial resistance patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Jan; 66(1):44-51
• Anitha Mary Mathews, K. Sujith, Santosh Pillai and A.J.M. Christina. Study of Glucose Uptake Activity of Solanum xantohocarpum in L-6 Cell Lines. Europ. J. Biol. Sci., 2013, 5 (3): 77-81.
• Albert AS, Santosh R. Pillai, Anila Mary, Rajeev Aravindakshan. Efficacy of tamsulosin and silodosin as medical expulsive therapy in the management of distal ureteral stones: a randomized controlled study. Int Surg J. 2016; 3(2): 578-581.
• Rajesh D Hunashal, Manasa M R. Anticonvulsant Activity Of N’-[4-(Substituted Benzylidenamino)-3-(2′, 4’-Dichlorophenoxymethyl)-1,2,4-Triazol-5yl)] Isonicotinyl Hydrazide Derivatives. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Vol 5, No.1, July – December 2013.
• Megaravalli R. Manasa, Josephine Kennedy Preethy, Idoor D. Sachin. Compliance to prescribed medication among patients in a tertiary care hospital using Morisky- Green test. Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol 2016; 5:21-5.
• Megaravalli R Manasa, Idoor D Sachin. Anticonvulsant action of aqueous extract of Centella asiatica and sodium valproate— A comparative study in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2016; 6:128-131.
• Idoor D. Sachin, Megaravalli R. Manasa. Thrombo-angitis obliterans: a clinico-pathological study. Int Surg J 2016; 3:201-6.
• Chacko Jiyo, Satish D. Suthar, Nirav K. Dholaria, Dinesh A. Chavda, Nishant B. Bhansali, Tushar R. Gosai, Kapil N. Pandya, Hiren R. Trivedi. Drug utilization study of HIV positive patients registered with antiretroviral therapy centre of a tertiary care hospital. J Clin Exp Res. (2013), 1(1): 12-19.
• Satish D. Suthar, Nirav K. Dholaria, Dinesh A. Chavda, Jiyo Chacko, Nishant B. Bhansali, Tushar R. Gosai, Hiren R. Trivedi. Drug utilization study in diabetic patients attending medicine outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. March 2015, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 8-13.
• Bhansali NB, Gosai TR, Dholaria NK, Suthar SD, Chacko J, Chavda DA and Trivedi HR. Drug utilization study in post-operative patients in surgical ward of a tertiary hospital attached with medical college. Der Pharmacia Lettre, 2013, 5 (1):251-257.
• Sri Harsha H, Dennis Varghese Thomas, Vikram Gowda NR, Jiyo Chacko. Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extract of aloe vera leaves. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 7, No.1, July – December, pp 39-42.
• Liya Roslin Joseph, Asha S, Sreedevi Menon. Comparison of effectiveness and safety of thiocolchicoside and tolperisone in patients with cervicobrachialgia – a prospective observational study. International journal of pharmacology and therapeutics. 2014 Volume 4 issue 3.
• Liya Roslin Joseph, Dhanya Sasidharan Palappallil. Impact of a simple educational intervention on the knowledge and awareness of pharmacovigilance among medical undergraduate students. International journal of medical and pharmaceutical sciences. 2015; 6(3): 05-09.

Research projects utilizing Dept research Lab:

• Knowledge and self-medication practices in healthcare professional students with primary dysmenorhea – Sujith, Dr. Ruby
• Comparison of knowledge and attitude of medical, dental, pharmacy and nursing students on adverse drug reaction monitoring and reporting- Manasa, Dr. Sujith
• Evaluation of cutaneous drug reactions in a tertiary care hospital – Manasa, Dr. Sujith
• Effects of maternal vitamin D status on pregnancy outcomes – A cohort study – Liya ,Dr. Sujith
• Pattern of headache and self medication practices for headache among young adults – A cross sectional study- Liya, Dr. Sujith
• To study the hypolipidemic and hypoglycemic action of alium sativum in diabetic mice- Santosh and Dr. Ruby
• A study on critical appraisal of drug promotional literatures distributed in a tertiary care centre – Jiyo and Dr. Anish
• A Study on Fixed dose Combinations available in the pharmacy.- Ruby, Dr. Santosh
• A prospective study of adverse reactions to antipsychotic agents and its causality assessment in psychiatry ward-Dr.anish and Dr.Santosh pillai

Regn. No. : 602/PO/a/CPCSEA, Registered with Ministry of Environment and Forests(Animal Welfare Division), Govt. of India

Accommodation:    Functional 172 sqm

No. of rooms, with size:    Total 10 rooms

                                            3 rooms of 10.8 sqm size

                                            2 rooms of 11.6 sqm size

                                            2 rooms of 15.6 sqm size

                                            1 room of 13.6 sqm size

                                            1 room of 9.8 sqm size

                                            1 room of 7.5 sqm size

Staff:

1. Veterinary Officer Dr. C J Joseph.
2. Animal Attendants a. Mr. Babu Chacko
3. Mr. K J Antony
4. Technician Mrs. Ciji P Chacko
5. Sweepers a. Mr. Moncy Baby
6. Ms. Nirmala C.G

• CPCSEA guidelines followed:    Yes
• Animal Ethics Committee in place?:     Yes
• Additional Technology used to minimize animal Experimentation:     Yes
• Use of Computer Assisted learning Software for Experiments like
• Effect of drugs on blood pressure and heart rate of dog
• Bioassay of histamine and matching assay using guinea pig ileum
• Effect of miotics and mydriatics on rabbit eye
• Effect of cardiac stimulants and depressants on isolated frog heart
• Use of chick ileum instead of guinea pig ileum as an isolated preparation for study and demonstration of bioassay of acetyl choline

Regn. No. : 602/PO/a/CPCSEA, Registered with Ministry of Environment and

               Forests(Animal Welfare Division), Govt. of India