If you use drugs frequently, such as antibiotics, analgesics, and so on, your kidneys can be damaged. The following are the most harmful medicines that can endanger the health of your kidneys:
- Antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin, vancomycin, methicillin, and sulfonamides are used.
- Acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines such as ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen, and others.
- Antiviral drugs: indinavir and tenofovir which are used to treat HIV, and acyclovir that is used to treat herpes infections.
- Anticonvulsants such as trimethadione and phenytoin, which are used to treat seizures (also known as Dilantin).
5.Celecoxib, rofecoxib, and valdexocib are COX-2 inhibitors (the last two have been withdrawn due to cardiovascular toxicity). These medications are regarded as stomach safe, yet they are just as hazardous to the kidneys as other NSAIDs. - Chemotherapy medications include quinine, interferons, cisplatin, pamidronate, carboplatin, tacrolimus, cyclosporine, mitomycin C, and bevacizuma; thyroid treatments include propylthiouracil.
- Captopril is a medication used to treat high blood pressure.
8.Heartburn medications include pantoprazole, omeprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole, and rabeprazole. - Lithium, which is utilized in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
- Infliximab, as well as the medications used to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus: hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
