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Sanat Sharma ¹, Tabish Ahmed ¹, Syed Sajid Ali ¹, Raj Sharma ¹, Devender Sachdev ¹

Affiliations
1 Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

"AIDS" is the acronym of "Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome" which is a fatal disease described variously as modern plague, modern scourge, devastating disease, insidious microbiological bomb, biological disaster and so-on. It is a world health problem of extraordinary scale and extreme urgency. AIDS has emerged as one of the most important public health issues of the late twentieth and early twenty- first centuries and is now one of the leading causes of global morbidity and mortality.
HIV/AIDS, the disease, whose mode of transmission is known and is largely preventable, but due to lack of knowledge and practices about HIV in general population causes its rapid spread. It is a well-known fact that the estimated prevalence of HIV infection among people of 15-49 years in India is almost 1%. It has made our country to stand in second position among the list of countries having more number of HIV patients.
To assess the knowledge, Attitude, Practice amongst medical undergraduates of Government Medical College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh.
The present cross sectional study was conducted on 100 medical undergraduates. The information concerning basic knowledge of HIV infection, its mode of transmission and methods of prevention were gathered in a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. The results of our study showed that all the medical undergraduates (100%) students heard about the infection. Television (95%) and Newspaper (81%) were the most common sources of information about HIV. Although, all of them had correct knowledge about the causative agent, but only 43% had knowledge about availability of drugs to halt the progression of infection in the body. The students excelled in their knowledge about availability of centres for diagnosis (73%). Majority of them (98%) were well informed about sexual route being the commonest mode of transmission. Misconceptions about transmission were also prevailing in the students. The study recommended the need for development and organization of HIV/AIDS training sessions at regular intervals from high school level to inception of medical curriculum.

Keywords

Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Medical Undergraduates, HIV, Bastar Region.

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Sanat Sharma ¹, Syed Sajid Ali ¹, Tabish Ahmed ¹, Raj Sharma ¹, Devender Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

Self-medication provides low cost alternative for expensive medical management but inappropriate use can cause problems. For medical undergraduates such practice has special significance since they have medical knowledge but that to very superficial. Hence the present study was planned to evaluate the status of self medication amongst students studying in different years of MBBS.
To determine the prevalence, attitude and knowledge of self medication amongst medical students of Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College, Jagdalpur.
This questionnaire based study was performed on 181 medical students of 1^st, 2^nd and final year aged between 17-26 years. Mean age was found to be 21.5 ± 2.5 years. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed amongst the participants after explaining the purpose of the study and taking informed consent.
The results of this study showed that out of 181 students 164 (90.60 %) students used self medication, Most common reason for self administration was found to be previous experience 54 (32.92%). Commonest source of information for self medication were doctors (old prescription) 87(53.04%), and the most common indication for self medication was fever 62(37.8 %).
Crocin was the most common medicine used as self medication 72 (43.90%).Only 52 (31.70%) students were having the knowledge about content, dose, duration of therapy and adverse drug reaction of the used medication .Side effects were faced by 39 (23.78%) student during the course of self medication. The most common source to obtain medicines for self medication was pharmaceutical store 92 (56.1%).
The findings from this study highlights the striking prevalence of self medication among medical students, the lack of knowledge and the risks associated with them. We recommend that a holistic approach must be taken to prevent this problem from escalating which would involve awareness and education regarding the implications of self medication, strategies to prevent the supply of medicines without prescription by pharmacies and strict rules regarding pharmaceutical advertising.

Keywords

Evaluation, Self Medication, Medical Student, Bastar Region, Questionnaire Based Study.

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Sanat Sharma ¹, Raj Sharma ¹, Syed Sajid Ali ¹, Tabish Ahmed ¹, Devender Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), IN

Abstract

Package insert is an officially approved document that accompanies a drug. It is intended to provide information for the safe and effective use of a drug and contains information based on regulatory guidelines. Sometimes, information provided in the package inserts is suboptimal which can led to medication errors. This study was undertaken to assess the presentation and completeness of clinical information provided in the currently available package inserts for antidiabetic, anti-hypertensive and hypolipedemic drugs in India. A package insert or prescribing information (in Europe, Patient information leaflet for human medicines or Package Leaflet for veterinary medicines) is a document provided along with a prescription medication to provide additional information about that drug. In developing countries, the package insert is considered an important source of drug information for health care providers as well, because of limited ability to access up-to-date information about drugs. The quality and quantity of information available in the package insert has been shown to influence patient's compliance and satisfaction. This study was undertaken to assess the knowledge about package inserts amongst medical students. A prevalidated questionnaire based study was conducted amongst 100 medical students. It was observed that significantly large number of student (42%) do not even read package inserts. 18% looked for indications,19% looked for contraindications, 21% looked for adverse effects and 23% opinioned that it should be in mother tongue. It is a good idea to review the need of more awareness amongst the students and certain changes in the package inserts.

Keywords

Awareness, Medical Students, Nursing Students Package Inserts, Questionnaire Based Study.

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Sanat Sharma ¹, Raj Sharma ¹, Manish Sharma ¹, Syed Sajid Ali ¹, Tabish Ahmed ¹, Devender Sachdeva ¹

Affiliations
1 Late Shree Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College, Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, IN

Abstract

A shampoo is a cleaning aid for the hair and is counted amongst the foremost beauty products. Shampoo is a hair care product that is used for the removal of oils, skin particles, dandruff, environmental pollutants and other contaminant particles that gradually build up in hair. The goal of using shampoo is to remove the unwanted build up without stripping out so much sebum as to make hair unmanageable. Shampoo is generally made by combining a surfactant, most often sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate, with a co-surfactant, most often cocamidopropyl betaine in water to form a thick, viscous liquid. Other essential ingredients include salt (sodium chloride), which is used to adjust the viscosity, a preservative and fragrance.Today's shampoo formulations are beyond the stage of pure cleaning of the hair. Additional benefits are expected, e.g. conditioning, smoothing of the hair surface, good health of hair, i.e, hair free of dandruff, dirt, grease and lice and all, its safety benefits are expected. As the scalp is one of the most highly permeable part of the body, products applied to the scalp go directly to the blood, without being filtered in any way. So it is very important to know and understand the effects of ingredients used in shampoo formulations. Proteolysis is the directed degradation (digestion) of proteins by cellular enzymes called proteases or by intramolecular digestion. In the present research represent the proteolysis effectiveness of shampoos based on synthetic ingredients.

Keywords

Shampoo, SLS-Sodium Lauryl Sulphate, Skin, Baldnss, Proteolysis, Insecticide.

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