Textbook of PharmacovigilanceConcept and Practice, Second Edition. E-book. Formato EPUB Guru Prasad Mohanta And Prabal Kumar Manna   -  Bsp Books, 2021  - 

The second edition of the textbook retains the similar style but with expanded contents. It deals with all aspects ranging from concept to practice of pharmacovigilance. It covers the historical background in the evolution of this emerging science, India's and global scenario, science of pharmacovigilance, and pharmacovigilance of Indian system of medicine. The outstanding features are: ·         Written in easy understandable style. ·         Updated India's PV Regulation ·         Case studies on drug withdrawal and causality analysis. ·         Key messages giving the gist of each chapter. In brief the book is all about learning, developing competencies, practicing and building career in safety monitoring of medicines. Contents: 1.    Introduction 2.    Pharmacovigilance in India 3.    Methods in Pharmacovigilance 4.    Adverse Drug Reactions: Classification, Mechanisms and Susceptibility 5.    Assessment of Adverse Events’ Reports 6.    Signal: Identification and Strengthening 7.    Quality Assurance in Pharmacovigilance 8.    Periodic Safety Update Reports 9.    Pharmacogenetics in Pharmacovigilance 10. Ethical Consideration in Pharmacovigilance 11. Global Scenario in Pharmacovigilance 12. Pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda,Siddha, Unani and Homeopathic Drugs 13. Materiovigilance in India 14. Haemovigilance in India 15. Pharmacovigilance of Vaccines 16. Case Studies on Drugs Withdrawal 17. Case Studies on Causality Assessment About the Authors: Guru Prasad Mohanta, a former WHO officer, is currently with Annamalai University as Professor and Head of Department Pharmacy.  He has more than 34 years of teaching, research and administrative experience at various levels with around 500 articles to his credit. He is a regular columnist for Newspapers and Pharma Magazines. He has authored several popular texts and reference books. With his International Training background he has been advocating the rational use of medicines at various forums. He has completed projects supported by UGC, ICMR, HAI-AP, EPN, CDSCO, and WHO. He was the Coordinator of Peripheral Centre under National Pharmacovigilance Programme supported by World Bank. He is associated with several Indian Universities and Institutions either as member of academic bodies or examiners. He is a member of various National and International Professional Bodies. He is a trainer in medicine supply chain management, pharmacoeconomics and rational use related areas. He has delivered more than 150 guest lectures in various forums. He is the recipient of the best researcher award of Annamalai University in 2012 and IAPST Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year 2015 Award.  

What Everyone should know about Medicines . E-book. Formato EPUB Guru Prasad Mohanta    -  Bsp Books, 2019  - 

Medicines are perhaps the greatest weapons of the mankind to fight diseases and death, but are double edged weapons. They help recovering from illness and restoring health if used properly; but can harm if not used appropriately, even causing life threatening situations including death. Inappropriate medicine use is unnecessary wastage of resources. Medicines have helped increasing life expectancy but in some situations they have harmed too. The antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective due resistance developed by random use. The book provides guidance on using medicines appropriately in a simple and easily understandable language. The book intends to empower the readers with skill and knowledge to make informed decisions about how to use medicines (including when not to use them) and get the maximum benefit. It helps to understand the importance of medicines inindividual’s health. The second edition of the book is updated with the new information on medicines as available. Many new themes are introduced with value addition like cartoons. It is a comprehensive medicine user guide for common public. A must for every one!

Textbook of Pharmacovigilance Concept and Practice. E-book. Formato EPUB Guru Prasad Mohanta     -  Bsp Books, 2017  - 

The textbook deals with all aspects ranging from concept to practice of pharmacovigilance. It covers the historical background in the evolution of this emerging science, India’s and global scenario, science of pharmacovigilance, and pharmacovigilance of Indian system of medicine. The outstanding features are: ·                Written in easy understandable style. ·                Case studies on drug withdrawal and causality analysis. ·                Key messages giving the gist of each chapter. In brief the book is all about learning, developing competencies, practicing and building career in safety monitoring of medicines. Contents: 1: Introduction, 2: Pharmacovigilance in India, 3: Methods in Pharmacovigilance, 4: Adverse Drug Reactions: Classification, Mechanisms and Susceptibility, 5: Assessment of Adverse Events’ Reports, 6: Signal: Identification and Strengthening, 7: Quality Assurance in Pharmacovigilance, 8: Periodic Safety Update Reports, 9: Pharmacogenetics in Pharmacovigilance, 10: Ethical Consideration in Pharmacovigilance, 11: Global Scenario in Pharmacovigilance, 12: Pharmacovigilance of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Medicines, 13: Case Studies on Drugs Withdrawal, 14: Case Studies on Causality Assessment. About the Author: Dr. Guru Prasad Mohanta, a former WHO officer, is currently with Annamalai University as Professor of Pharmacy.  He has more than 30 years of teaching, research and administrative experience at various levels with more than 400 articles to his credit. He is a regular columnist for Newspapers and Pharma Magazines. He has authored several popular text and reference books. With his International Training background he has been advocating the rational use of medicines at various forums. He has completed projects supported by UGC, ICMR, HAI-AP, EPN, CDSCO, and WHO. He is associated with several Indian Universities and Institutions either as member of academic bodies or examiners. He is a member of various National and International Professional Bodies. He has coordinated many continuing professional development programmes for pharmacy teachers and professional pharmacists. He is a trainer in medicine supply chain management, pharmacoeconomics and rational use related areas. He was recipient of The Best Researcher Award of Annamalai University in 2012.   Dr. Prabal Kumar Manna is Professor and Pharm D Programme Coordinator at Annamalai University. He has been trained on Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Ghent, Belgium, with support of BADC Scholarship. He was recipient of The Best Teacher Award 2011 of Annamalai University. He has more than 32 years of teaching, research and administrative experience at various levels with over 100 scientific publications to his credit. He has completed projects supported by UGC, ICMR, HAI-AP, EPN, CDSCO, and WHO. He is associated with several Indian Universities and Institutions either as member of academic bodies or examiners. He is a member of various National Professional Bodies. He has coordinated many continuing professional development programmes for pharmacy teachers and professional pharmacists.