Suggest Treatment For Hypertension When Diagnosed With Renal Kidney Disease

Posted on Thu, 9 Jul 2015

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Question : My Husband is suffering from Renal Kidney disease, under going Dialysis weekly twice.
Hypertension reported.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
dialysis

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Three times a week hemodialysis and 4 hours each time is the recommended weekly dosing for all dialysis patients.
Most kidney patients will have hypertension and will require more than 2 tablets of blood pressure medication. The most common drugs are amlodipine, clonidine and metoprolol. One has to increase the dose if the blood pressure is not under control.

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