Yesterday, I wrote about Pantoprazole โ the darling of the decade, the pill that has found a forever home in our drawers, handbags, and pockets. The post sparked quite a buzz. Some friends swore by this โmiracleโ pill; others whispered warnings about its darker side โ weak bones, fractures, damaged kidneys, fading B12 stores. Fair …
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Pantoprazole: The Pill of Perpetual Peace
An hour from now, I will be sitting in the Medicine OPD, thinking about a drug that the whole world seems to prescribeโand, not to sound holier than thou, I must admit that I do too. Pantoprazole. If thereโs one drug that has quietly conquered the worldโwithout firing a single shotโitโs this one. This modest …
Paracetamol Pandemic
Dolo 650. Almost unheard of before Covid hit us, the brand became a name, the country began to associate paracetamol with. Data suggest that the consumption of painkillers shot up by 23% in India last year. Has the pandemic turned us into excessive pill-poppers? Devina Sengupta spoke to me, ET Primeโs Vikas Dandekar and ET’s …
Getting the Medicines Right: Rational Prescribing
Why should we insist on rational use of medicines?ย Because we ought to ensure that our patients receive medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their own individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, and at the lowest cost to them. Irrational use of medicines is a major problem worldwide. WHO …
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
She lay on the hospital bed, grateful to the doctors for successfully fixing her broken bone. Just wheeled from the operating room to the ward, she looked forward to going home the next day. Her post-op orders were simple: nil by mouth for two hours and two liters of intravenous fluids. The surgeon also instructed …
Doctors and drug industry
Are the medical professionals so poor, as a BMJ editorial asked long ago, that they cannot afford to buy their pen, pad or pizza? And are the doctors so ignorant about the new therapies and new drug discoveries that they need help from medical representatives and the drug industry? Very few doctors learn during their …