Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta

Now that 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose is available over the counter at Rs 990/- ,we shall review the drug and find out facts from fictions around the new molecule. 2DG is not new. It is a repurposed drug. It has been long used in cancer chemotherapy till date. Let’s see how will it perform against Covid-19. The manufacturer’sContinue reading “2-DG Decoded ( 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose)”

Introduction:- Countries around the world are racing against time to vaccinate their populations against the coronavirus. Today, speed is the sole criteria. The quicker the better…Not enough jabs To cover its entire adult (over 18 years) population, India needs 1.9 billion doses of vaccines. If these vaccines were to be administered over the next 12Continue reading “WCVC, Udaygiri.”

Remembering Cyclone Fani As the Neon Sign Board just above our OT was ripped off,… The water tank above the OT flew down with a loud thud,… This baby girl gave a luscious cry inside our OT…. Baby Fani was born in the Railway hospital. ( I have already taken off my gloves and halfContinue reading “03 MAY, 2019, 11.03 AM”

Drug repurposing is the process of using already approved drugs for a new disease.  One of the three greatest silver linings of the pandemic Covid-19 is to accord EUA ( Emergency Use Authorisation) to a lot of repurposed drugs in our fight against the Pandemic. ( The other two things are in the advancement ofContinue reading “Drug Repurposing to fight covid-19”

Disclosing a potential adverse event (AE) significantly increases the likelihood of such an event occurring. ( In industrial patients, Dr Google primarily generates nocebo effect not any placebo effect.) Certain kind of adverse events are more prone for this. Erectile Dysfunction (ED) for example. In the following Pubmed article 96 CV patients on atenolol areContinue reading “Dr Google & The Nocebo effect.”