What effect does cyclophosphamide have to nephrosis

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Family members have kidney disease, and then the body has been very poor, the old doctor took a lot of drugs to treat kidney disease, I see one of the drugs is cyclophosphamide, never heard of before. Let's talk about the effect of cyclophosphamide on kidney disease.

What effect does cyclophosphamide have to nephrosis

First: Patients with nephrotic syndrome in the treatment of cyclophosphamide drugs, can only temporarily alleviate the condition, take a long time, will also increase the burden of the kidney in patients with nephrotic syndrome.

Second: cyclophosphamide is a commonly used drug in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome, membranous nephropathy, vasculitis, lupus nephritis and other kidney diseases, and this drug has the advantages of low price, good effect and not easy to relapse.

Thirdly, many patients with nephrotic syndrome may also consider cytotoxic drugs in addition to hormones. Cyclophosphamide is mainly used in this kind of drugs. Cyclophosphamide can be used orally or intravenously in two dosage forms. The dosage of cyclophosphamide is 2-3mg / kg body weight (or 100-150rag / h), divided into two to three times.

matters needing attention

Cyclophosphamide can be used to treat kidney disease, but the usage of cyclophosphamide in the treatment of different types of kidney disease is different. Kidney disease, in addition to cyclophosphamide can also use other drugs, through drug treatment to make patients better.