📺 The replay is live — "Every CKD Medicine, explained"

2d (edited) • General Questions & Support

We went through every drug an Indian CKD patient ends up on — what works, what barely works, and what we just keep prescribing. Some of it ruffled feathers. Most of it should have been said years ago.

What we covered:

The Foundation 3 every CKD patient should be on — ACEi/ARB, SGLT2, statin
The conditional drugs that need a lab number, not a habit — phosphate binders, vitamin D analogues, iron/ESA
Why sodium bicarbonate is in half the prescriptions it shouldn't be in
Ketoanalogues — when they earn their price, and when they don't
Arkamin (clonidine) — the slide that caused the most uproar, with good reason
The yellow zone — cilnidipine, forever-PPIs, B-complex by reflex, herbal "kidney tonics"
A side-by-side of the typical 8-drug Indian CKD bag vs a clean 4–5 drug evidence-backed regimen

The replay + slides are now in the Webinars section of the club.

👉 Here's what I want from you this week:

Watch the replay with your current prescription in your hand.
Drop a comment below with the medicines in your bag — I'll personally tell you which ones are foundation, which need a lab to justify, and which deserve a second-opinion conversation with your doctor.
Share this post with one person you know on a long CKD prescription. The single most useful thing this community can do is stop quietly tolerating polypharmacy.
Hit ❤️ if you found it useful so we know to keep doing the harder, more honest sessions.

Reminder — never stop a prescribed medicine without speaking to your treating doctor. This is education to help you ask better questions, not a green light to deprescribe yourself.

Let's clean up Indian CKD prescribing — one bag at a time.

— Dr Arjun

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