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How Safe Is Taking Brufen For Heart Diseases?
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father is a patient of Chronic Kidney Disease. He is undergoing Haemodialysis twice a week since Oct 2008, which started when he was admitted to hospital after Heart attack, which was followed by Angioplasty. This resulted in steady increase of creatinine and dialysis started then onwards.LAst week, his upper hand swelled enormously due to ( i think) blood oozing out and accululating inside his upper arm) just above the fistula) from fistula due to accidental wrong way of puncturing the needles of the pipes for haemodialysis (during one of the dialysis sessions). Thereafter he was prescribed Bruffen 200 mg thrice daily after food for 5 days, with application of ice pack on the swelled hand( we can see clotted blood and his hand has become violet because of that). Is this okay for him and his heart and can taking Bruffen be detrimental/fatal to his health/heart. We are from India, Kolkata. He is 66 and with hypertension with medications and diabetes from long years. What can be effective now?? Or is continuing medication advisable.He is on medication like, Nikoran 10, concor 5, zytanix, rabicip, He is having breathelessness at any minimum exertion. Please help - A Biswas +91-0000
father is a patient of Chronic Kidney Disease. He is undergoing Haemodialysis twice a week since Oct 2008, which started when he was admitted to hospital after Heart attack, which was followed by Angioplasty. This resulted in steady increase of creatinine and dialysis started then onwards.LAst week, his upper hand swelled enormously due to ( i think) blood oozing out and accululating inside his upper arm) just above the fistula) from fistula due to accidental wrong way of puncturing the needles of the pipes for haemodialysis (during one of the dialysis sessions). Thereafter he was prescribed Bruffen 200 mg thrice daily after food for 5 days, with application of ice pack on the swelled hand( we can see clotted blood and his hand has become violet because of that). Is this okay for him and his heart and can taking Bruffen be detrimental/fatal to his health/heart. We are from India, Kolkata. He is 66 and with hypertension with medications and diabetes from long years. What can be effective now?? Or is continuing medication advisable.He is on medication like, Nikoran 10, concor 5, zytanix, rabicip, He is having breathelessness at any minimum exertion. Please help - A Biswas +91-0000
Mon, 1 Aug 2016
Hello ,
As such Brufen is strictly to be avoided particularly in heart and kidney patients as it can cause per say increase in Creatinine and when you are on Ace inhibitor / Arb for Blood pressure and strengthing the heart , Brufen has unfavourable interaction which may harm the kidney furthur.
So per say I would advice you to avoid Brufen if possible.
As he is already on dialysis, so a short course is so.ethimes sometimes of to take , however I would suggest that it is taken only if plain paracetamol 650 mg is not effective.
Regards Dr. Priyank Mody
As such Brufen is strictly to be avoided particularly in heart and kidney patients as it can cause per say increase in Creatinine and when you are on Ace inhibitor / Arb for Blood pressure and strengthing the heart , Brufen has unfavourable interaction which may harm the kidney furthur.
So per say I would advice you to avoid Brufen if possible.
As he is already on dialysis, so a short course is so.ethimes sometimes of to take , however I would suggest that it is taken only if plain paracetamol 650 mg is not effective.
Regards Dr. Priyank Mody
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