what is good for kidney problems?

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Dear Group:

This last week I have been very sick, because of poly-pharmacy of my

young, overly enthusiastic cardiologist. I need to know what to take

or to avoid to get my kidneys working correctly again.

 

My eyes are yellow with red bloodshot areas and skin is dehydrated and

very rough. Also, I had a very bad reaction to glucophage/metformin I

have been taking for over a year with bad diarrhea. I got used to the

situation when my earlier doctor said it was just a side effect of the

drug, then I got very busy and forgot to follow up on that information.

 

Now the cardiologist is pushing for an angiogram and the dye is going

to make my kidneys much worse. I was in the emergency room last

weekend because his nurse told me my kidneys were failing. The tests

were borderline okay and I was told to discontinue the metformin. My

mouth still tastes very strongly of salt and I cannot stay hydrated. I

am drinking and drinking and drinking and not urinating very much at

all. The doctor still has me on a diuretic. I am afraid to get

treatment; I am afraid to refuse treatment in case the artery needs a

stent...

Darla Wells