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Can eGFR levels be restored to a more healthy range?
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@ls4mu, I totally agree with you. Your pharmacist is another good source for getting information about side effects of the drugs you take, as well as drug interactions and contraindications. My local pharmacist is a wealth of information and generally knows more about those subjects than the docs.
I've had docs want to prescribe certain drugs for me and I've had to tell THEM that I couldn't take those drugs because they weren't good for my kidneys. Like you said, it's important to do our research and be our own best advocates.
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You are SO right about Pharmacists. I'll never forget when I first moved to Georgia, a pharmacist steered me away from a statin that was known to have serious side affects. I took his advice, and so glad I did. Even so, I suffered an Acute Kidney Incident from repeated MRI's and now have to keep an eye on my CKD to avoid dialysis. Since then, not one doctor ever told me to avoid MRI's. So, I became my own "doctor." When a doctor in the emergency room wanted to test to see if I had a blood clot, I forced him to do an alternate test that did not require contrast dye. Boy, was he mad at me. Too bad. 🙂 Self-advocacy should be a required course for all doctors. Today, most consider you interfering with their treatment. Sorry, doctors are necessary, but they are not gods or God.