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Is there a pots treatment that is safe with a solitary kidney? beta blockers and florinef (fludrocortisone) not viable.

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

POTS and 1 kidney: Discuss with your doctor use of verapamil. ivabradine(Corlanor), pyridostigmine Geriatr Cardiol. 2012 Mar; 9(1): 61–67. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1263.2012.00061

Answered 12/3/2015

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