I am a type 2 diabetic, my glucose levels are under tight control. My current A1c is 5.5. I am 63 years old and am overweight. I do not have high blood pressure. Today it is 114/74 and that is about usual for me. My doctor however insist I need medicine to " protect my kidneys " even though all my blood work and a 24 hr. urine test say they are working perfectly. He has tried me on 3 different meds. and 2 of them caused horrible coughing and 1 caused severe leg cramps. Now he wants me to try Altace. Have any of you ever heard of taking these meds when there is no clear indication for them? Considering their awful side effects why would he prescribe something like this for me?
I am a type 2 diabetic, my glucose levels are under tight control. My current A1c is 5.5. I am 63 years old and am overweight. I do not have high blood pressure. Today it is 114/74 and that is about usual for me. My doctor however insist I need medicine to " protect my kidneys " even though all my blood work and a 24 hr. urine test say they are working perfectly. He has tried me on 3 different meds. and 2 of them caused horrible coughing and 1 caused severe leg cramps. Now he wants me to try Altace. Have any of you ever heard of taking these meds when there is no clear indication for them? Considering their awful side effects why would he prescribe something like this for me?
It is quite common for doctors to prescribe a certain family of BP meds to ********* to protect their kidneys. You don't have to take the meds, you can refuse, that is your right.
It is perfectly normal to be prescribed an ACE inhibitor to protect a kidney that is in a diabetic environment. It has been proven clinically that this class of meds can help slow the onset of kidney disease and it is believed by some that it may even prevent it. Once kidney damage appears in blood work significant damage has already occured.
It is your right to refuse a med, and it is certainly a good idea to not take a med that gives you severe side effects, it is definitely worth the effort to try to find one that does not cause you problems. it is a classic case of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. In this case the ounce is a pill and the pound is dialysis.
I was on an ACE for years and it definitely slowed the progression of my kidney disease.
It is perfectly normal to be prescribed an ACE inhibitor to protect a kidney that is in a diabetic environment. It has been proven clinically that this class of meds can help slow the onset of kidney disease and it is believed by some that it may even prevent it. Once kidney damage appears in blood work significant damage has already occured.
It is your right to refuse a med, and it is certainly a good idea to not take a med that gives you severe side effects, it is definitely worth the effort to try to find one that does not cause you problems. it is a classic case of an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. In this case the ounce is a pill and the pound is dialysis.
I was on an ACE for years and it definitely slowed the progression of my kidney disease.
Cora
My mom has been a biabetic for over 15 yrs, she kept refusing the ace inhib due to side effects. Shewas told she now has some kidney damage,k the good news is that last two months she strted taking Diovan, and her lab test showed her kidney function is now normal.
BP Meds to protect kidneys????
My mom has been a biabetic for over 15 yrs, she kept refusing the ace inhib due to side effects. Shewas told she now has some kidney damage,k the good news is that last two months she strted taking Diovan, and her lab test showed her kidney function is now normal.
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