Common Medications For High Creatinine Level In PKD

2015-01-13 16:58

What are common medications for high serum creatinine level in polycystic kidney disease (PKD)? Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine phosphate in muscle, and is usually produced at a fairly constant rate by the body. Serum creatinine is an important indicator of renal health. That is, it usually indicates kidney problem. Without management, it will cause serious complications. Well, how to manage high creatinine level by medications?

1. uremic clearance granule

Uremic clearance granule has function of diuresis and elevate plasma albumin. Ligusticum wallichii is able to reduce blood pressure and have antioxidant property. However, because uremic clearance granule belongs to oral taking medicine, it shows slow efficacy in lowering blood pressure and expanding blood vessels. It only can alleviate symptoms like nausea and tiredness temporarily. Uremic clearance granule only control the symptoms but does not treat the root cause. Namely, uremic clearance granule can lower serum creatinine to some extent but cannot achieve treatment purpose.

2. activated charcoal

Activated charcoal mainly focuses on the treatment of chronic nephritis, acute and chronic kidney failure, hyperuricemia and gout. As activated charcoal can reduce kidney burden so as to delay the progression of kidney failure. This drug can improve symptoms like vomiting, nausea and labored breathing. In addition, activated charcoal can be used for enema therapy to save serious kidney failure patients. Western medicines have effective result in early treatment of kidney failure while they will worsen medical condition in late stage. Serum creatinine and urea nitrogen cannot get control and finally kidney failure will occur.

The above are medications for lowering high serum creatinine levels. But they only play a role of alleviating symptoms of high creatinine levels while do not repair injured cells. We recommend Chinese medicine treatments to lower high creatinine from the root.

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