Lupus Nephritis, Cytoxan, Bitter Taste In Mouth

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Lupus nephritis is renal damages caused by auto-immune disease systemic lupus erythematosis. Patients can have protein, red blood cells, white blood cells and casts in their urine as well as declined renal filtration ability and renal tubular functions.

Cytoxan, also known as cyclophosphamide is widely used in clinic to treat lupus nephritis. It belongs to cytotoxic drugs. Though it has obvious effects on controlling symptoms of lupus nephritis, it can not solve the very root problem and it can not prevent further deterioration of illness conditions.

What is more, long term use of cytoxan can cause some harms to the kidneys. About 20% cytoxan metabolites need to be filtered through the kidneys, therefore the dosage of cytoxan need to be reduce when the clearance rate of creatinine is below 30. What is more, dialysis can not completely remove cytoxan from the blood, therefore dialysis patients should reduce the dosage.

As for the bitter taste in mouth, it can be due to the drug or the disease itself. Anyway, more natural remedy can help solve this problem. On one hand, patients need not to have long term intake of cytoxan and potential nephrotoxicity can be avoided; on the other hand lupus nephritis can be treated from the root so that the patient’s overall health conditions can have great improvements.

Chinese herbal medicines can help reduce the side effects of cytoxan, relieve symptoms and consolidate the curative effects so as to make the curative effects lasting and reduce relapse rate.

Plasma exchange and immune adsorption are more advanced blood purification technologies than dialysis. They can help remove toxins, wastes and immune complexes from the blood so as to create a favorable internal environment for more effective medications to take effects.

When renal functions are improved, patients can have less or even no cytoxan. Bitter taste in mouth can be relieved and other symptoms and discomforts can also be treated.