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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Kidney Disease
Q;- Iam 61 yrs old female,with80 kgs weight andI ama ckd patient,creatinine-3,blood urea-80 and homoglbin is9.50 .Iam takingespogen4000 onweekly basis.Besides othermedications I take 6tabs of kestoril.I an taking this treatment for 5years now.Should I be givenhigherpotencyofespogeninj.?
Tue, 13 Sep 2016
according to your body weight dose of erythropoietin( espogen) will be 8000 IU weekly that can be given in divided doses( eg 4000Iu twice weekly)). target hemoglobin should be 10.5 to 11.5 gm/dl.
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