The Effects of Statin with Chronic Kidney Disease

As of my research comes to an end, we do not know why statins are improving chronic kidney disease, but a lot more research needs to be done to find out. As we find out more about these drugs it can tell us specifically how they effect the kidneys. As we find the answer to this research this will make a huge impact in the future of medicine.

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Some common side effects of taking statins are constipation, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, muscle aches, cramps, and bloating. These side effects are not as severe as many other drugs which is a plus.

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Statin have helped many patients with Chronic Kidney disease by improving their proteinuria( increased proteins in the urine).Three meta-analysis: 2006, Douglas et al. // 2008 by Strippoli et al.//2008 by Strippoli et al. all these trails had an improvement with proteinuria.

Rosuvastatin and atorvastatin are types of statins that were tested in this meta analysis and found it helped with renal benefits, improvement in proteinuria and GFR.

Referenece:
Ball, T., & McCullough, P. A. (2014, September 24). Statins for the prevention of contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Nephron Clinical Practice. Retrieved November 16, 2021, from https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/363202.

Statins for the Prevention of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common medical problem, especially in patients undergoing cardiovascular procedures. The risk of kidney damage has multiple determinants and is often related to or exacerbated by intravenous or intra-arterial iodinated contrast. Contrast-induced AKI (CI-AKI) has been a...

Did you know…

- about 15% of people in the United States are suffering from CKD
- it’s more common in women then men
- many people don’t realize they even have CKD
- two-main causes of CKD is due to high blood pressure and diabetes

Reference from:

Kidney Disease: The Basics Chronic kidney disease (CKD) means your kidneys are damaged and losing their ability to keep you healthy.

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Patients with acute kidney injury(AKI) are taking statin to help improve with anti-inflammatory, antioxidants, and with plaque-stabilizing. According to this article they did a total of 9 meta analysis statin experiment. Out of there 9 experiments only one Huffmyer(2009) had an effect which statin decreased mortality rates. The other 8 experiments: Park(2016), Billings(2016), Zeng(2016), Wang(2015), Mithani(2011), Nemati (2015), Argalious (2010) and Virani (2010) had no effects on mortality.
Zeng (2016) was the only experiment which statin that increased the effects of AKI, while all the other decreased or had no effects of acute kidney injury(Verdoodt et al., 2018).

Reference:
Verdoodt, A., Honore, P. M., Jacobs, R., De Waele, E., Van Gorp, V., De Regt, J., & Spapen, H. D. (2018, March 28). Do statins induce or protect from acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease: An update review in 2018. Journal of translational internal medicine. Retrieved November 14, 2021, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5874483/.

Do Statins Induce or Protect from Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease: An Update Review in 2018 Statins essentially are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are extensively prescribed for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Compelling evidence suggests that the beneficial effects of statins may not only be due to its ability to ...

what are statin?

3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzymeA reductase inhibitors