what are the commonly used medicines for CKD patients?

Medicines play an important role in the treatment of CKD, which can slow down the deterioration of CKD and give the more time to treat the disease. All the patients with CKD almost take medicine to treat the disease. So what medicines patients with CKD take is very significant. Patients should take different medicines for different stages, and take them as the instructions requested. Then what are the commonly used medicines for patients with CKD? Here we will introduce it for you, which can help you a lot.
The medicines for patients with CKD can almost fall into three categories:
1 Medicines for high blood pressure
Patients with CKD always have the symptom of high blood pressure. And the higher blood pressure is, the worse kidney disease is. We should control the blood pressure, before it gets worse. The medicines which patients with CKD take including:
Diuretics.
Vasodilators.
Direct renin inhibitors
Beta-blockers.
Calcium channel blockers.
ACE inhibitors.
Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs).
Beta-blockers.
Calcium channel blockers.
When you take the medicine, you should make sure that there is no serious side effect, which is very important. So you should take the doctor’s advice.
2 medicines for symptoms and other complications of CKD
Patients with CKD always have many other complications, which must be treated to slow down the deterioration of CKD. Medicines for symptoms and complication include:
Medicines for electrolyte imbalances
Diuretics to treat fluid buildup caused by chronic kidney disease
ACE inhibitors
Erythropoietin (rhEPO) therapy and iron replacement therapy for anemia
3 Medicines for dialysis
Dialysis is the treatment for end-stage kidney failure, which is a very vital treatment. So the medicines used during this period are more important, deciding the fate of patient. Medicines for dialysis include:
Vitamin D which can help bones be strong
Iron therapy which can help increase levels of iron of body when rhEPO therapy alone is not effective.
Erythropoietin (rhEPO)which helps production of red blood cells and reduces blood transfusions. This therapy may also be started before dialysis is needed, when anemia is severe and causing symptoms.
Besides, when patients with CKD take the medicines, something below should be especially remarkable:
You should tell the doctor what you are allergic to and if you have immunization disease, or something like that.
You should ask the doctor what side effects the medicine has, making sure it is not bad for you.
You should tell the doctor when and how you get the disease as precisely as possible, which can make the doctor get a whole understanding of your condition.
The last important thing is that you must follow the doctor’s advice and can’t take any medicine by yourself.

The commonly used medicines above are for your reference and you can have a general understanding. Here is our introduction, hoping it is helpful to you. If you have any question, please contact us freely by email or phone.