Renal pharmacology

Question 1

• Discuss the principles of drug therapy in the presence of renal insufficiency.
• State how drug-induced nephrotoxicity can be limited
• Give examples of drug induced renal disease

Answer 1

mechanisms by which drug-induced toxicity or adverse drug reactions may occur in the presence of renal disease,

and mechanisms by which drug toxicity may be prevented in patients with renal disease.

adverse drug reactions, which cause renal involvement.

The aims of this lecture are to a) classify drug induced renal disease,

b) discuss with examples drug-induced renal disease
c) describe mechanisms for limiting drug- induced nephro-toxicity