Is it medicine that can poison the kidney

In the early 1990s, using Chinese herbal medicine to lose weight was popular in foreign countries However, kidney damage often occurred after taking weight-loss drugs It is found that aristolochic acid is the main toxic component of kidney disease of these Chinese herbal medicines, so it is also called "aristolochic kidney disease" These reports about the renal toxicity damage of traditional Chinese medicine, together with some unrealistic factors that overstate the renal toxicity of traditional Chinese medicine, have caused certain shock and panic in nephrotic patients Since traditional Chinese medicine will damage the kidney, will not taking traditional Chinese medicine further deepen the nephrotoxicity that has been ill? In addition, due to the presence of certain potassium elements in traditional Chinese medicine, patients with renal failure tend to have a high level of blood potassium Will it make blood potassium higher after taking traditional Chinese medicine? Some patients who take traditional Chinese medicine for a long time and have stable kidney condition also have different degree of worry According to the question of whether the traditional Chinese medicine containing potassium will lead to the increase of blood potassium, the level of blood potassium before and after the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine was analyzed The results showed that there was no significant difference in the change of blood potassium before and after the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine Of course, for the patients with obvious hyperkalemia, we should strengthen diuresis, avoid the use of traditional Chinese medicine with high potassium content, so as to avoid further increase of hyperkalemia, and other patients do not need to worry too much One of the functions of the kidney is to excrete the metabolites in the body, so as to maintain the normal physiological activities of the human body In addition, the kidney can also excrete some toxic substances into the body Some drugs can cause damage to the kidney, because the elimination of these drugs is due to the kidney We refer to the function of the kidney to retain nutrients and expel toxins as "filters" If the kidney has a disease, the excretion of these harmful substances to human body is affected, and the accumulation in the body will aggravate the kidney damage Therefore, nephrotic patients should pay more attention to prevent and avoid drug damage to the kidney In the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, we should avoid the use of drugs with renal damage For essential users, we should reduce the dosage of drugs, pay attention to reasonable compatibility, and stop the drug in time after it is effective In the use process, we should pay attention to monitoring the change of urine and renal function Even if there is renal damage, as long as it is found and stopped in time, most of the renal lesions are reversible and the prognosis is good Pay attention to prevent the genetic quality and pathophysiological status of each vulnerable population, and the sensitivity to drugs is also different For some people, it may be a therapeutic dose of drugs, while for others, kidney damage may have occurred In addition to genetic quality, due to the natural decline of renal function, the presence of renal insufficiency or original kidney disease, or the combination of dehydration, shock, heart failure, electrolyte metabolism disorder, serious acid-base imbalance, even liver dysfunction, hypothyroidism, etc., are all potential factors for the occurrence or aggravation of renal diseases by taking nephrotoxic drugs These vulnerable people It is more important to prevent drug damage to kidney In a word, it is relatively safe to follow the treatment based on syndrome differentiation and the dosage and usage of traditional Chinese medicine in Pharmacopoeia Because of the unique efficacy and effect of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of nephropathy, especially in delaying the progress of chronic renal failure and improving the quality of life of patients, nephrotic patients do not need to be troubled by "nephrotoxicity of traditional Chinese medicine", but worry that traditional Chinese medicine will make the disease kidney "toxic" deeper It can completely avoid drug damage to the kidney by actively informing the doctor of the kidney disease and cooperating with him However, some traditional Chinese medicine (such as Cordyceps sinensis) and Chinese patent medicine have certain protective and preventive effects on renal toxicity damage, and they can be selected for use by vulnerable people with drug-induced renal injury.