Medicine for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)

2014-03-15 05:58

At present, there is not effective treatment to prevent the occurrence of polycystic kidney disease (PKD), for it is an inherited disease. What we should is to slow down its progression and control its symptoms as well as preserve kidney function. The conventional treatment for PKD is medicine. In the following, there is a brief introduction to medicine for PKD.

Hypotensive drugs

With the enlargement of kidney cysts, blood pressure also increases. Then hypotensive drugs are needed. The most common used drugs include ACE inhibitors, ARBs, calcium channel blockers, and so on. But you should pay attention to their side effects, such as headache, dry cough, and so on.

Antibiotics

Urinary Tract Infection is also common among PKD patients. In such case, antibiotics are needed. But you should take medicine under the instruction of your doctor in case that they have renal toxicity.

Pain killers

These kidney cysts are prone to lead to back pain. If you can not bear the pain, pain killers are needed to alleviate back pain.

Other medicines

EPO and iron supplements are needed if you suffer from anemia. Diuretics are to help remove excess fluid. Steroids and immunosuppressors are to reduce proteinuria. Phosphate binders and vitamin D are to prevent renal osteopathy.

Chinese Medicine

The above medicines aim at controlling symptoms, while Chinese medicine aims at regulating your whole body. With Chinese medicine, you keep your body balanced and harmonious. Some of the Chinese Medicine such as earthworm and rhizoma sparganii even have the function of shrinking kidney cysts. If you can not bear the bitter tastes of these medicines, external medicine therapies are recommended, such as Medicated Bath, Foot Bath, Hot Compress Therapy, Enema Therapy, etc.

PKD is not as horrible as you imagine. If you take aggressive treatment, you could live a normal and full life. Hope the above information can help you get rid of aliments as early as possible.

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