Dr. Ramakanta

The Calcium Paradox

You are a lady who has just celebrated your 50th birthday. Everybody including your doctor has warned you that you are now prone to fracture your bones. Be careful and take regular Calcium and Vitamin D3 supplements. The extra calcium with the help of Vit D3 should be deposited in your hips and long bonesContinue reading “The Calcium Paradox”

Variolation

The Great Plague of Athens : 430 BCE In 430 BC, a plague struck the city of Athens, which was then under siege by Sparta. We know that the city state of Sparta and Athens were at war for centuries. The word Marathon has originated from one such episode of war way back inContinue reading “Variolation”

Magnesium

Who has not taken a course of Rabez, Pantop or Omez- a popular antidote for gastric acidity also known as Gas ? They come in thousand names and thousand avatars. Pan, Pan D, Pantocid, Pantodac, Rabez, Razo, Lanzol, Esmo and so on. In fact, my patients know more names of PPI than me. Doctors callContinue reading “Magnesium”

Metformin

Metformin is a medicine prescribed to treat Diabetes mellitus. One of its popular brand is Glycomet. All those anti Diabetic brands that have a suffix of “Met” or “M” at the end has metformin in it such as Janumet, Galvusmet, GLP-M and so on.. It is often prescribed from the Day One when a personContinue reading “Metformin”

Triple B’s

Today we shall discuss three B vitamins which form a triplet.B6, B9 and B12. While these three vitamins are important for our brain and mental health, the last two, B9 and B12, namely Folic acid and Cobalamin are needed for formation of Blood. B6, B9, B12 are required by our body for synthesis of threeContinue reading “Triple B’s”