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Prescribing in patients with renal failure
Prescribing in patients with renal failure
Questions regarding which drugs to avoid in renal failure are commonDrugs to avoid in renal failure
- antibiotics: tetracycline, nitrofurantoin
- NSAIDs
- lithium
- metformin
Drugs likely to accumulate in chronic kidney disease - need dose adjustment
- most antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, vancomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin
- digoxin, atenolol
- methotrexate
- sulphonylureas
- furosemide
- opioids
Drugs relatively safe - can sometimes use normal dose depending on the degree of chronic kidney disease
- antibiotics: erythromycin, rifampicin
- diazepam
- warfarin
+PassMedicine Notes
Questions regarding which drugs to avoid in renal failure are common
Drugs to avoid in renal failure- antibiotics: tetracycline, nitrofurantoin
- NSAIDs
- lithium
- metformin
- most antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, vancomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin
- digoxin, atenolol
- methotrexate
- sulphonylureas
- furosemide
- opioids
- antibiotics: erythromycin, rifampicin
- diazepam
- warfarin