India Born Expert’s Triple Therapy Makes Heart Beat Longer

It’s an innovative triple therapy meant to resuscitate very sick hearts – and is inexpensive too. The procedure will make the heart stronger, give it more years and is ideal for the multitude of Indian heart patients, its India-born innovator promises.

 The triple therapy involves angiogenesis (stimulating the growth of a network of blood vessels in the failing heart), stem cell technology and a single bypass surgery – all in combination in a single surgical session.

Eminent cardiac surgeon Mukesh Hariawala, who last month was honoured with ‘India’s Most Admired Surgeon’ award by Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan in Mumbai, promises his triple therapy will greatly minimise the need to go in for future heart surgery. “It is a revolutionary technique,” Hariawala, who is also healthcare economist, told IANS during a visit here. Hariawala, a visiting honorary cardiac surgeon at Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital, will be conducting a clinical trial of his therapy at the hospital next year.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) would be the largest cause of death and disability in India by 2020. Heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading cause of death, claiming 17.3 million lives each year and the numbers are rising.

By 2030, it is expected that 23 million people will die from CVDs annually.

Hariawala’s innovation works three ways – first by stimulating the growth of a network of blood vessels in the failing heart, second by injecting stem cells harvested from the patient’s hip into the heart, and third, by a single bypass surgery.

US-based Hariawala, who trained in cardiac surgery and transplantation in Britain before moving to Boston where he is attached with the Harvard Medical School Affiliated Hospitals, began working on angiogenesis in 1995.

“The triple therapy ensures total repair of the heart,” said Hariawala, adding he would be holding numerous training programmes across India on the procedure.

“The procedure ensures complete re-vascularisation of the heart and the patient is expected not to need further cardiac intervention,” said Hariawala, who was a member of the surgical team that performed the first bypass surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 1990 along with John Wright at Harley Street Clinic in London.

For the triple therapy to work – all three procedures need to work in tandem in a hybrid operating suite, which would have a combination of a cath lab and operation theatre, said Hariawala, adding that some big brands are providing this to Indian hospitals.

“The entire procedure is very inexpensive,” he said.

Hariawala added that he would be speaking on his triple therapy at conferences in India and educational events across the world.

 

ANJALI SOLANKI

B.PHARM 2^nd YEAR

IPR

SPECIAL ARTICLE ON THE EVE OF BLOOD DONATION CAMP

THE GIFT OF BLOOD IS THE GIFT OF LIFE

Facts about blood needs

• Every year our nation requires about 4 crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 40 lakh units of blood are available.
• Every two seconds someone needs blood.
• More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
• A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
• The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
• The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
• Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
• More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
• A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood

Facts about the blood supply

• Type O-negative blood (red cells) can be transfused to patients of all blood types. It is always in great demand and often in short supply.
• Type AB-positive plasma can be transfused to patients of all other blood types. AB plasma is also usually in short supply.

Facts about the blood donation

• The average adult has about 10 units of blood in his body. Roughly 1 unit is given during a donation.
• A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days, or double red cells every 112 days.
• A healthy donor may donate platelets as few as 7 days apart, but a maximum of 24 times a year.
• Only 7 percent of people in India have O-negative blood type. O-negative blood type donors are universal donors as their blood can be given to people of all blood types.
• 0.4 percent of people have AB-blood type. AB-type blood donors are universal donors of plasma, which is often used in emergencies, for newborns and for patients requiring massive transfusions.
• All donated blood is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and other infectious diseases before it can be transfused to patients.

 

Facts about blood and its components

• Blood makes up about 7 percent of your body's weight.
• There are four types of transfusable products that can be derived from blood: red cells, platelets, plasma and cryoprecipitate. Typically, two or three of these are produced from a unit of donated whole blood – hence each donation can help save up to three lives.
• Donors can give either whole blood or specific blood components only. The process of donating specific blood components – red cells, plasma or platelets – is called apheresis.
• One transfusion dose of platelets can be obtained through one apheresis donation of platelets or by combining the platelets derived from five whole blood donations.
• Donated platelets must be used within five days of collection.
• Healthy bone marrow makes a constant supply of red cells, plasma and platelets. The body will replenish the elements given during a blood donation – some in a matter of hours and others in a matter of weeks.

     Sonia Sharma & Shruti Tandon

Asst. Professor

GLAUIPR

                                                                                             

WORLD ANIMAL DAY CELEBRATION AT INSTITUTE OF  PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

The Pharmacology  Department of Institute of  Pharmaceutical Research had celebrated World Animal Day on 4^th October,2012 with zeal and enthusiasm . The Program was inaugurated by Prof. Pradeep Mishra, Director IPR.

World Animal Day was started in 1931 at a convention of in Florence as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. October 4 was chosen as World Animal Day as it is the Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Since then, World Animal Day has become a day for remembering and paying tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them.          
                                        
Meanwhile, M.Pharm Pharmacology students had  presented a presentation on World Animal Day in which they focused  mainly on two points i.e. Animal welfare and Animal rights. They emphasize on the point that in Pharmaceutical field for  the drug developing procedure  use of animals are required for  enhancing  new knowledge by doing animal experimentation and adding the new facts and data to the existing knowledge . They displayed the information  on the alternative  approaches instead of painful  Animal Test.
In the end, Dr. Harlokesh Narayan Yadav  had delivered vote of Thanks.

Ms. Shruti Tandon

Asstt. Professor

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

GLA University, Mathura

ASK YOUR PHARMACIST               

     

The people at large in India are ignorant about the risks regarding modern medicine and continue to use medicine in belief that they are harmless and hence no extra precautions needed while using them. Unfortunately all the medicine from A (Aspirin) to Z (Zidovudine) carries the risk of inflicting potential injury to the persons using them. Several times medicine are bought from the drug stores directly and used by the people without consulting doctors to save consultation fee.

 

           

It is high time that all the pharmacist of the country should take challenge that they would help the patient and advise them on the proper usage of their prescription drugs. This includes ensuring that the patient knows the correct dosage of their medication, the correct way to measure this dosage and how often it should be taken. Additionally, he educates patients on the potential side effects of their medications and advises them on dangerous adverse reactions that should be reported to the patient's physician. They also counsel patients on the selection of over the counter medications and general health topics.

Knowing and understanding a disease and its course of treatment is half the battle won. So, there is a need of recognition of the pharmacy profession in the areas of patient safety and pharmaceutical care. This would reduce the drug injuries and enhance the patient safety. Of course the pharmacists would be respected for protecting the common man from the risks illegal use of prescription medicine. It would bring a good image in the long run to the Indian Pharmacist in the society. It will also give encouragement for society to realize the importance of community pharmacist in health care.

Yogesh Murti

Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

Institute of Pharmaceutical Research

GLA University, Mathura

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