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Is Severe Diarrhea A Sign Of Acute Renal Failure?
I just began taking budesonide for severe diarrhea which I ve had for 3 months now with tests not finding much of a reason. The medication cost is over $2,100 dollars for a 6 week treatment, and I am so fed up with not having a normal life that I m trying a one-week supply to see if it will begin to help! ($512.) I m wondering if it is because of my 3rd stage chronic kidney disease that the dr. prescribed this particular med. I m willing to do anything but wondered if there was a way to get relief a little less costly. Any answers? Thank you.
Mon, 28 Jan 2019
Hello,
I can certainly enlighten you on why a costly drug like Budesonide is prescribed. Firstly, you have mentioned about chronic renal failure in the query; and most of the chronic kidney diseases are due to auto-immune diseases. Here your immune system attacks your own body causing damage to various organs. The same pathology could even cause severe diarrhea due to damage, and inflammation of the gastrointestinal system. Secondly, the medication Budesonide is a steroid drug that reduces inflammation. It is the drug of choice in treating auto-immune diseases and acts by suppressing your immune response that is causing damage to the body. Moreover, the dose of Budesonide will be gradually tapered off as the symptoms improve, and eventually, the drug will be stopped. Even though the medication is expensive; it is likely to improve your condition, and even be cost effective in terms of reducing the number of visits to the doctor due to severe diarrhea. In addition, you can discuss with your prescribing doctor, or your pharmacist about all the available low-cost options of the same medication, and see what works best for you in terms of improving symptoms with less financial drain.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ayesha Shareef,
General & Family Physician
I can certainly enlighten you on why a costly drug like Budesonide is prescribed. Firstly, you have mentioned about chronic renal failure in the query; and most of the chronic kidney diseases are due to auto-immune diseases. Here your immune system attacks your own body causing damage to various organs. The same pathology could even cause severe diarrhea due to damage, and inflammation of the gastrointestinal system. Secondly, the medication Budesonide is a steroid drug that reduces inflammation. It is the drug of choice in treating auto-immune diseases and acts by suppressing your immune response that is causing damage to the body. Moreover, the dose of Budesonide will be gradually tapered off as the symptoms improve, and eventually, the drug will be stopped. Even though the medication is expensive; it is likely to improve your condition, and even be cost effective in terms of reducing the number of visits to the doctor due to severe diarrhea. In addition, you can discuss with your prescribing doctor, or your pharmacist about all the available low-cost options of the same medication, and see what works best for you in terms of improving symptoms with less financial drain.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Ayesha Shareef,
General & Family Physician
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