5/15/11

Kidney Disease: What can be given to patient of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis when serum phosphorus too high serum PTH?


What can be given to patient of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis when serum phosphorus too high serum PTH?To nephrologist what medication can be given to patient of chronic renal failure on hemodialysis when serum phosphorus too high as well as serum PTH

Posted by ckm1956
1) Phos-Lo
2) Zemplar

Posted by veronicawilliams1969
there are many kinds of phosphorus binders, like phos lo and zemplar. one of the things to also do is to try at all possible to avoid foods with phosphorus in them and to take their binders as directed

Posted by lab rat
As well as the medications the others have suggested, the most important thing to give is vitamin D. Healthy kidneys convert inactive 25-hydroxyvitamin D into the active form - 1, 25-hydroxy vitamin D (aka calcitriol), with an enzyme called 1-alpha hydroxylase. In chronic renal failure, the kidneys aren't able to activate enough vitamin D. Vit D is crucial for stimulating absorption of calcium from the gut and stimulating retention of calcium in the kidneys. So too little active Vit D leads to calcium deficiency.

Low calcium leads to release of PTH (parathyroid hormone) from the parathyroid glands. PTH releases calcium from the bones, to try and maintain the blood calcium level. It also releases lots of phosphate from the bones. In a healthy person, the high PTH would stimulate excretion of all the excess phosphate in the urine, but in someone with kidney failure, this doesn't happen, so it builds up. High phosphate stimulates more PTH release and it's a vicious circle.

The first and most important treatment option is to give 1,25-vitamin D (calcitriol).

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