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I can answer questions related to Adverse drug reactions, Rational use of medicines, especially antimicrobial agents, and scientific basis of the use of herbal drugs. I can also provide expert opinion on teaching and learning methods in pharmacology, pharmacology resources available on the internet and research methodology in biomedical sciences including clinical trials, biostatistics and screening of new drugs for pharmacological activity.
Teaching and training of undergraduate medical, dental and pharmacy students, supervision of Pharmacology residents and research in the fields of Herbal drugs, Pharmacovigilance and Drug Utilization studies.
JN Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh India and Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, India
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, JK Science, Natural Product Radiance,Hippocratic Journal of Unani Medicine,Indian Journal for the Practicing Doctor and Unimed Kulliyat.
MBBS, MD (Pharmacology)
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Not all bacteria are bad. There are several good bacteria in our intestine which are also killed by antibiotics. This is what happened to your system due to overuse of antibiotics. These are bacteria replenished
Almost all antidepressants reduce levels of Thyroid hormones. Reboxetene is an exception and it increases thyroid hormone levels. You depression may not be 'depression' per se and only a symptom of hypothyroidism
It can never be predicted with surety whether a particular patient will get a particular adverse effect with a particular drug or not. There is only a probability and we have to weigh the risks versus
Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking these drugs both of which cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated
Dear Lori, This is definitely a case of irrational overprescribing and the doctor needs another malpractice suit. Although all these drugs are useful in a patient of pneumonia with depression/insomnia/Obscessive
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