To assess amount of drug overuse we studied drug prescribing for common childhood problems by 65 general practitioners (GPs) and 29 paediatricians. A total of 2433 encounters between GPs or paediatricians and children under five years of age were observed. The presenting complaints were fever in 18%, cough in 9%, both fever and cough in 21%, vomiting in 20% and diarrhoea in 41% of encounters. A...

In tablet formulation superdisintegrants are added to accelerate the rate of tablet deaggregation and thus enhancing the rate of tablet dissolution. In this review article we gather the information related to the superdisintegrants, their mechanism of actions and their impact on disintegration and dissolution processes. The easiest way to achieve quick release is to use a superdisintegrants wit...

An individuals blood group today, is as important as the national identity card. The obvious reason being blood transfusion in cases of emergency. Blood group data of a population is also important from a laboratory viewpoint, since it guides blood banks on number and types of blood to be stored for transfusion services. ABO group data is well established in Pakistan, however A sub-group data i...

I. Ulfat,1 J. Kanski,2 L. Ilver,2 J. Sadowski,3 K. Karlsson,4,* A. Ernst,5,6 and L. Sandratskii5 1Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan 2Department of Experimental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden 3MAX-IV laboratory, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden 4Department of Life Sciences, University of Skövde, SE-541 28 Skövde, ...