Kidney drugs hampered by high blood phosphate
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
High blood phosphate levels can set chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on a rapid path to kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). To make matters worse, phosphate appears to interfere with the effectiveness of important kidney medications.