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  • Albumin for nephrotic syndrome

    Article
    06/13/07, Healthwise

    Albumin is a protein that is made in the liver and released into the blood. It helps prevent blood from leaking out of blood vessels, and it carries medications and other substances through the blood. It is also important for tissue growt

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  • Chronic Kidney Disease - Medications

    Article
    11/13/07, Healthwise

    Although medicine cannot reverse chronic kidney disease, it is often used to help treat symptoms and complications and to slow further kidney damage.

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  • Erythropoietin stimulators

    Article
    11/13/07, Healthwise

    Erythropoietin stimulators cause the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells, and they decrease your need for blood transfusions. Anemia often occurs because of a decrease in erythropoietin, a protein produced by the kidneys. Inje

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  • Urinary Incontinence in Women - Medications

    Article
    09/17/08, Healthwise

    Urinary incontinence may be treated with medicines. But in many cases treatment with behavioral methods (for urge incontinence) and Kegel exercises (for stress incontinence) are tried before medicines.

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  • Bladder Cancer - Medications

    Article
    05/25/07, Healthwise

    Medications may be used to control the growth of bladder cancer cells and to relieve symptoms. Chemotherapy uses medications to destroy cancer cells. Biological therapy boosts or restores your body's immune response to destroy can

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  • Acute Renal Failure - Medications

    Article
    06/14/07, Healthwise

    You may be given medicines to treat the underlying cause of your acute renal failure or to prevent complications. For instance, you may take antibiotics to prevent or treat infections, and you may take other medicines to get rid o

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  • Nephrotic Syndrome - Medications

    Article
    06/13/07, Healthwise

    Nephrotic syndrome is usually successfully treated with a combination of medicines.

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  • Trimethoprim for urinary tract infections (UTIs)

    Article
    06/15/07, Healthwise

    This antibiotic, which usually comes in pill or tablet form that you take by mouth (orally), kills the bacteria that commonly cause urinary tract infections (UTIs).

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  • Penicillins for urinary tract infections (UTIs)

    Article
    06/15/07, Healthwise

    These antibiotics kill the bacteria that commonly cause urinary tract infections (UTIs). Amoxicillin is taken by mouth (orally). Ampicillin is taken by mouth or given by injection.

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  • Nitrofurantoin for urinary tract infections (UTIs)

    Article
    06/15/07, Healthwise

    Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic that kills the bacteria that commonly cause urinary tract infections (UTIs). It comes in capsule or liquid form to take by mouth (orally).

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