Renal failure associated with alternative medical therapies.
Because the kidney is the major excretory organ for drugs and toxins, it is especially susceptible to damage from such agents. While alternative medical therapies appear to be on an increase worldwide, there have been few case reports regarding their nephrotoxicity. However we have recently observed three patients who developed irreversible renal impairment, which we believe was due to such therapies.
Farrell
J
J
National Kidney Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Campbell
E
E
Walshe
J J
JJ
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D015913:Chelation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D005260:Female; D006705:Homeopathy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged