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The comeback of colistin as “salvage therapy” for multi-drug resistant pathogens is on the rise. Colistin (also known as polymyxin E) belongs to the polymyxin group of antibiotics.1 It is available in two forms, colistin sulfate and colistimethate sodium (CMS).2 In our country, colistin is available as colistimethate sodium (CMS) …

We just finished celebrating “Antibiotic Awareness Week” last month. It made me ponder whether all the efforts we put into it are working or not. I live in the capital city of Nepal, where we have hundreds of hospitals and large tertiary-care and multi-specialty centers, and I still lost my …

In the twenties the skin is naturally good looking, so we tend to care less. The damage implicated on the skin at an early age (at a sub-cellular level) by the free radicals generated from harmful invisible UV rays, pollution, smoke, and stress becomes obvious at later age as dull, dry, …

Adolescent years are a time of confusion; your body goes through transformations that you barely understand. These changes, however, are not always easy, and even more so for girls and women here in Nepal. Menstruation has been a taboo as well as a stigma for women throughout the history of …

Chances are that you might have heard about lupus after Selena Gomez declared she had it and went through treatment for her kidney transplant. Lupus is a debilitating disease that a majority of the people in Nepal hasn’t heard about. The truth is, I had no idea what lupus was …

  I have been the victim of a skin disease known as ‘psoriasis’, which I am dealing with for last 20 years. Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes itchy sore patches of thick, red dry (dead) skin scales. I was around 19 when it first appeared. What a dread …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (often called “COPD”) is one of the most important diseases of the 21st century, being a major cause of death and disability. COPD is a common, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. The airflow limitation …

According to a forecast by analysts of GlobalData, a British data analytics and consulting firm, Merck’s Keytruda is expected to reach the top of the bestselling pharma list in 2025, with sales of $22.5 billion. Keytruda (pembrolizumab), a humanized antibody used in cancer immunotherapy, is used for the treatment of …

The expiry date is the final day that the manufacturer guarantees the full potency and safety of a medication. In general, drugs expiration date is 2-5 years from production date. The expiration date does not indicate a point when a medication loses potency and is no longer effective or becomes …