Re: Update to Previous Kidney Issues

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SOUNDS LIKE EPLERE is better for u. Dont recall you mentioning these problems before. Helping get u to goal is what i get paid for sometimes You are on too many meds is one problem it seems to me. The gyneco is from the spiro. How long a problem. Are u DASHING May your pressure be low!CE Grim MS, MDSpecializing in DifficultHypertensionOn Jul 3, 2012, at 17:42, constellationmike <hohnka@...> wrote:

I last posted late last year concerning low GFR (<60). I saw the Nephrologist in March and he told me:

Your kidneys will never get any better

You will be in renal failure in ~20 years

Your long term prognosis is not good because of all of your health problems

I specifically asked him if Spironolactone could be responsible for this problem and he responded: NO. I contacted my PCP and asked the same question and got the same answer.

A week later, I had a 6 month check with my Endo. My Endo is about an hour and a half away in the burg PA area and was highly recommended by another member of the group. I explained the entire situation to her with my kidneys and she stated that it could be from chronic dehydration from the spiro. She said that I should try and switch to Inspra. I explained to her that I had tried it in the past and stopped it due to the onset of depression. She told me to "humor" her and try it for a few months. I started immediately on 75 mg of Inspra and stopped the spiro. In the meantime, I detailed to her some other issues that I have been having. These include:

Hot flashes

Cold flashes

Painful Gynecomastia

Heat intolerance

Hives on hands and feet in the evenings

Pressure-induced hives

Ocular migraine attacks

She said that if I would have reported this to her sooner, she would have started the Inspra sooner. Her opinion was that many of the listed symptoms were due to low testosterone from the Spiro. So, that was in March. Today I am very happy to report that all of the above issues have cleared including the depression at the onset of the Inspra. I just spoke with the Endo this afternoon for the results of some recent bloodwork and my eGFR is back above 60.

I am very thankful for this turn of events and wanted to share it with the group in case anyone else is having similar issues.

Mike

49 yr old male, 6'3" 240lbs, bilateral hyperplasia diagnosed in 2007

Other issues: bicuspid aortic valve, enlarged aortic root, enlarged ascending aorta, hypothyroidism, allergies, asthma, gout, stomach discomfort, depression

Meds: Inspra, Levoxyl, Allopurinol, Toprol, Allegra, Prilosec, Ranitidine, Singulair, Flonase, Albuterol, Wellbutrin

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Mike, I had a similar experience when I stopped sporonolactone last

December. If you want to see the results I posted them as an

attachment.

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>

> I last posted late last year concerning low GFR (<60). I saw the

Nephrologist in March and he told me:

>

> Your kidneys will never get any better

> You will be in renal failure in ~20 years

> Your long term prognosis is not good because of all of your health

problems

>

> I specifically asked him if Spironolactone could be responsible for

this problem and he responded: NO. I contacted my PCP and asked the same

question and got the same answer.

>

> A week later, I had a 6 month check with my Endo. My Endo is about an

hour and a half away in the burg PA area and was highly

recommended by another member of the group. I explained the entire

situation to her with my kidneys and she stated that it could be from

chronic dehydration from the spiro. She said that I should try and

switch to Inspra. I explained to her that I had tried it in the past and

stopped it due to the onset of depression. She told me to " humor " her

and try it for a few months. I started immediately on 75 mg of Inspra

and stopped the spiro. In the meantime, I detailed to her some other

issues that I have been having. These include:

>

> Hot flashes

> Cold flashes

> Painful Gynecomastia

> Heat intolerance

> Hives on hands and feet in the evenings

> Pressure-induced hives

> Ocular migraine attacks

>

> She said that if I would have reported this to her sooner, she would

have started the Inspra sooner. Her opinion was that many of the listed

symptoms were due to low testosterone from the Spiro. So, that was in

March. Today I am very happy to report that all of the above issues have

cleared including the depression at the onset of the Inspra. I just

spoke with the Endo this afternoon for the results of some recent

bloodwork and my eGFR is back above 60.

>

> I am very thankful for this turn of events and wanted to share it with

the group in case anyone else is having similar issues.

>

> Mike

>

>

> 49 yr old male, 6'3 " 240lbs, bilateral hyperplasia diagnosed in 2007

>

> Other issues: bicuspid aortic valve, enlarged aortic root, enlarged

ascending aorta, hypothyroidism, allergies, asthma, gout, stomach

discomfort, depression

>

> Meds: Inspra, Levoxyl, Allopurinol, Toprol, Allegra, Prilosec,

Ranitidine, Singulair, Flonase, Albuterol, Wellbutrin

>