with the tremendous expansion in the use of herbal medicine worldwide, safety and efficacy as well as quality control of herbal medicine have become important concerns for both health authority and public. in this paper, the analysis of two st. john's wort (hypericum perforatum) products and four liquorice (glycyrrhiza glabra) products by spectrophotometric and hplc methods, is explained. moreo...

PURPOSE This study was undertaken to evaluate the adverse consequences of recently introduced higher strength (0.4 and 2.0 mg per tablet) buprenorphine in Indian market. Buprenorphine, a partial opiate agonist and antagonist, is an emerging alternative to methadone as an agent for long-term treatment of opiate dependence. METHODS The current investigation was conducted through a multi-centric...

The aim of the work is the need of post marketing surveillance in India. The objective in Postmarketing surveillance is to estimate the strength of the association between adverse events (AEs) and drug exposures that vary over time. In premarketing testing, the numbers and types of patients used to demonstrate a drug’s efficacy and safety are limited compared with the numbers and types of patie...