what medications can cause proteinuria?

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Answer 1

Proteinuria : There are few medications out there that can cause kidney damage resulting in proteinuria. Perhaps some of the most common (and easily obtained) are otc nsaids which have been associated with membranous nephropathy and minimal change disease. But there are others. If you have proteinuria, make sure you discuss all medication use including otc meds and supplements with your doctor. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Proteinuria: The most common cause of proteinuria caused by medications is nsaids, others are, nicotine, penicillamine, lithium carbonate, gold and other heavy metals, antibiotics, or opiates (especially heroin. Proteinuria can be caused by other things and is a symptom, not a diagnosis. Please see your doctor to be evaluated for its cause and treatment and tell him of the medications you are taking.

Answer 3

Protein in urine: Proteinuria means the presence of excess of serum proteins in the urine. The excess protein in the urine often causes the urine to become foamy. Up to 150 mg a day of protein may be excreted by a normal person most of this being tamm-horsfall protein. Between 150-300 mg/day may be considered microalbuminuria and greater than 300mg/day is abnormal and needs to be investigated.

Answer 4

Timing: If you get sick with something, say "the current viral illness", and it's nasty, you can leak protein into your urine (transient). It clears when you recover. If you're one of the several % of humankind who leak protein into the urine just from standing up (orthostatic), you'll save a lot of medical workup hassles by knowing this -- pee at bedtime, your first morning urine is protein free.

Answer 5

Confirm: Transient proteinuria means intermittent proteinuria, may be associated with fever, acute illness, stress etc. Any proteinuria must be confirmed by repeating tests when the acute stress is resoved. Orthostatic proteinuria means proteinuria in the upright position due to hyperfiltration in the kidney this must be confirmed by measuring urine protein in lying and standing position.

Answer 6

See below: Proteinuria can occur if the kidney is damaged by ay disease.There are many causes of proteinuria, so your doctor needs to find out the cause .In general though blood pressure control, and the use of certain medications called ace inhibitors help decrease protein in the urine.

Answer 7

Diagnosis first: Protein is expensive, it not be lost to the urine at the filtration stage in the kidney. Treatments are geared to lower intraglomerular pressure. Treatment specifics, and whether a renal biopsy are indicated, depend on the degree, presence of comorbid diseases (e.g. Hypertension, diabetes, hepatitis, lupus).

Answer 8

Proteinuria Rx: Treatment of proteinuria (p) depends on its cause. Some glomuerlonephritis cases are treated with steroids and other agents to reduce p. Patients with diabetic nephropathy causing p are treated with ace-i, arb's and non-dhp calcium channel blockers. These also reduce BP which ameliorates p.

Answer 9

Proteinuria : Food does not cause proteinuria. Diabetes and hypertension are two common causes of proteinuria and dietary modification is required for them.

Answer 10

Proteinuria: Many disease can cause this. The basic problem is the filtering part of the kidney has been damaged and protein leaks thru them and show up in the urine god description in Wikipedia

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