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What Should I Do For The High Creatinine Levels And High BP Having Diagnosed With ADPKD?
I am a 65 year old female with ADPKD. My creatinine is 176. My GFR is 26. Uncontrolled hypertensive mainly due to medications that don t respond. Average BP is 170/95. Otherwise I feel well. I have been given different advise from different nephrologists. What should I do?
Tue, 7 Jan 2014
Hi
Thanks for your query
There is currently no medical therapy available for ADPKD
However if you control your blood pressure to If you could list out your current medications, we would be able to make recommendations regarding their doses or the need of any add on therapy.
Mean while you could cut back on your salt intake to less than 5 grams/day.
Hope this helps
Good luck
Thanks for your query
There is currently no medical therapy available for ADPKD
However if you control your blood pressure to If you could list out your current medications, we would be able to make recommendations regarding their doses or the need of any add on therapy.
Mean while you could cut back on your salt intake to less than 5 grams/day.
Hope this helps
Good luck
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