kidney disease

[Bruisegirl69]

was wondering if anyone knows does lorazepam (ativan) cause your grf to drop as had a decline from 59 in march to 50 in october and thinking of stopping it S have stage 3a but doctor gave me a new script as use it to help me sleep any advice would be great. thanks

[wheezoids21]

Hi. I was taking lorazepan to help me quit smoking when i was at stage 4 ckd. Didnt seem to bother my kidneys, but i was taking a super low dose and not for very long. Was recently contemplating asking my dr if i could take a prescription for sleep at at stage 5 but havent got that far yet.

[Bruisegirl69 in reply to wheezoids21]

i take it at night to help me sleep and have been on it for over. year and thinking that might affect my grf ti drop as that 1mg at nite. thanks for the reply

[Hidden in reply to Bruisegirl69]

Make sure to speak with your doctor about weaning off gradually; it's not advisable to cold turkey benzos, it can cause seizures.

[Bet117 NKF Ambassador in reply to Bruisegirl69]

Bruisegirl,

Bear in mind, that every drug interacts differently in each patient's system, so it may or may not have an effect on your kidney function.

I agree with SANDRACEE about having a talk with your doctor about your GFR drop. This could be due to any number things; so it would set your mind at ease. I would also ask about this particular drug, why it was chosen for you and if there is an alternative that he/ she could after a year.

I agree about not coming off this medication without supervision, as does the pharmacy pamphlet. So time for a doctor chat.

It will all work out..

Let us know what the verdict is.

Bet🙂

[userotc]

As with some drugs, there is scientific evidence of kidney damage eg link below. Sadly it's too common for people to seek only drug solutions to issues that can be resolved via a natural approach involving nutrition and/or lifestyle eg sleep hygiene. I'd expect there to be plenty of qualified, accredited Nutritional Therapists in the US that include this in their specialism.

frontiersin.org/articles/10...

[horsie63 in reply to userotc]

There are a few around but seem to be more focused on weight loss which I do not need. I take few meds and the ones I do are the lowest dose you can get. Living in a very rural area and in the middle of cow country there's not much on the healthy side of things. There's a lot of fried this and that.

[seabreezegirl]

Probably depends dosage amt snd how often you take it .

But you must also look at overall diet and lifestyle .

I got this from internet .

Furthermore, propylene glycol is contained in parenteral formulations of benzodiazepines (e.g., lorazepam, chlordiazepoxide, and diazepam), which may cause acute kidney injury, proximal tubule injury, hyperosmolarity, and sepsis-like syndrome (Cawley, 2001).Nov 16, 2020

[TayMinni80]

I don’t believe it does I’ve been on it for a couple years and it hasn’t effected me in that way at all I feel like it’s great help for my anxiety with everything I’m going through

[Anne52 in reply to TayMinni80]

Thank you and spoke to my doctor yesterday again and she said no as take 1mg at nght for sleeping and sometimes have to take a 50mg tramadol for my lower back issues when they act up as trying now to drink 64 oz water a day as dont think over the summer months i was drinking that much water as was living in ice coffee and have changed my diet around and incorporated a change and now my red blood cells have gone up as well as my hemoglobin in only 1 month and we are running the test again in 3 months, she said i can be at stage 3a till im 90 as always ranged from 50-55 mostly in the last 12 years. Thank yu again