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Suggest Treatment For High Creatinine Levels In Blood

Hello, I recently have been told by my doctor that my Kidney’s were not functioning properly due to high creatinine levels in my blood. My doctor ask me if I was taking any medications and I told him I was only taking Zyrtec and Advil for headaches and body aches. He suggest I stop taking the Advil for 1 month and come back to be retested. Is this normal protocol for Kidney issues? Should I be getting more test done now? My test results are below. Creatinine is 1.44 Normal Range .76-1.27 mg/dl BUN is 12 Normal Range 6-20 mg/dl
Tue, 18 Aug 2015
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Hello, advil contains ibuprofen which is NSAID group of drug. Long term use of this group of drugs is known to cause what we call as interstitial nephritis.
In this condition there is harmful effect on kidney functions hence showing as raised s. creatinine.
Therefore your doctor has asked you to stop advil and follow up after 1 month because stopping of the causative agent can cause reversal of damage and normal functioning of kidney which will be evident on normalization of s. creatinine.
So just stop the drug and follow up with your doctor with repeat s. creatinine reports after 1 month.
Thank you
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Suggest Treatment For High Creatinine Levels In Blood

Hello, advil contains ibuprofen which is NSAID group of drug. Long term use of this group of drugs is known to cause what we call as interstitial nephritis. In this condition there is harmful effect on kidney functions hence showing as raised s. creatinine. Therefore your doctor has asked you to stop advil and follow up after 1 month because stopping of the causative agent can cause reversal of damage and normal functioning of kidney which will be evident on normalization of s. creatinine. So just stop the drug and follow up with your doctor with repeat s. creatinine reports after 1 month. Thank you