http://www.natural-holistic-health.com/diabetes-and-high-blood-pressure-can-lead-to-kidney-failure/ Learn how to keep you and your family healthy safely and holistically. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:40:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.natural-holistic-health.com/diabetes-and-high-blood-pressure-can-lead-to-kidney-failure/#comment-52644 Cynthia Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:29:03 +0000 http://www.natural-holistic-health.com/?p=105#comment-52644 An FDA advisory panel just recommended that the warning for Covidien’s Optimark and GE’s Omnisca—drugs in the family of medications known as gadolinium-based contrast agents (DBCAs)—be updated to restrict their use in patients with severe kidney disease because of the potential for an increased risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). NSF causes thickening of the skin and organs. GBCAs carry a strong “black box” warning. This site has good information on this issue: http://www.gadolinium-mri.com/index.html

 An FDA advisory panel just recommended that the warning for Covidien’s Optimark and GE’s Omnisca—drugs in the family of medications known as gadolinium-based contrast agents (DBCAs)—be updated to restrict their use in patients with severe kidney disease because of the potential for an increased risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF). NSF causes thickening of the skin and organs. GBCAs carry a strong “black box” warning. This site has good information on this issue: http://www.gadolinium-mri.com/index.html



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