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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦
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Nephrologist = kidney doctor
MD, MPH
Professor, University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital 🇨🇦
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#NephJC co-creator; @FreelyFiltered.bsky.social pod panelist; KICR EiC
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CKD isn’t a very common disorder seen in pandas. More are hypertensive without CKD but I don’t know if the cause is well known or fully investigated.
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
we are getting generic soon though (of injectable sema) since Novo didn’t bother with their IP in Canada 🤣😎

(it seems they missed a ruotine renewal in 2020…weeks have 6 generics ready to pounce in 2026)
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 PM
we haven’t used it

as a nephrologist we spend our lifetime blocking Ang II - so now thinking of deliberately using it does raise… *my* blood pressure 😏
February 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
did the hypertension cause the kidney failure or the kidney failure cause hypertension?

hard to say…

its not always black and white

#NephSky #DadJokes
a panda bear is laying on its back on a tree stump with its paws up .
Alt: a panda bear is laying on its back on a tree stump with its paws up .
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February 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM