Posted on 02/08/2023 3:10:01 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A new method to reduce the progression of diabetic kidney disease, affecting 40% of people with diabetes, has been discovered by scientists. The study could help people with diabetes who are four times more likely to need either dialysis or a kidney transplant.
Recent clinical trials show a commonly used blood pressure medicine, known as spironolactone, is an effective treatment by reducing protein leak into the urine. However, despite its positive effect, the drug can have adverse side effects, causing problems including high blood potassium levels (hyperkalaemia) in patients, making clinicians reluctant to use it.
Researchers aimed to understand how spironolactone prevents damage to the kidneys.
They found that the drug has a protective effect by helping preserve the gel-like glycocalyx layer on the surface of blood vessels within the kidney. Using novel alternative therapeutics to slow down glycocalyx layer degradation in diabetes directly could now help them recreate the same effect but without adverse side effects.
To conduct this study, the team used patient kidney biopsy specimens to develop a novel method to measure glycocalyx depth changes to confirm that diabetes damages the endothelial glycocalyx layer, and spironolactone prevents this damage.
Their results showed spironolactone reduces the activity of a group of enzymes, called matrix metalloproteases, helping to preserve the gel-like glycocalyx layer on the surface of the blood vessels in the kidney, preventing disease progression.
Dr. Matthew Butler said, "This study is really exciting for us because it confirms that blocking mineralocorticoid receptors using spironolactone preserves kidney function by acting on the glycocalyx.
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If the glycocalyx in the kidney is effectively similar to that elsewhere in the body, rhamnan sulfate has been found to restore it. It is available in a supplement called “Arterosil.” It appears to help reverse plaques in our arteries.
This is the stuff male trannies use to act like women
Ping
I have been taking it for years, good to know this may have a positive effect on kidney disease..
That’s true.
bkmk
Or so a friend told me...
Taking that stuff is like taking your kidneys to the kidney gym all day.
It’s used, in conjunction with other drugs and hormones, to help men ‘transition’ to women.
I’m not transitioning, I am married to a babe… she’s still hot!
Take a look at “Calroy Health Sciences Arterosil HP Professional” on Amazon. It has just about everything in it except rhamnan sulfate. Maybe the compound present in seaweed or something.
also used for women who have hair problem due to things like malfunctioning adrenal glands.
Taking this drug with HCTZ balances out side effects of both so said an endo doctor.
so is that good or bad?
It’s BAD if one wants to drive for 12 hr on a given day.
I just stop taking it two days in advance.
For day by day heart health management, it’s totally optional.
I think there is only a mild correlation with extending life.
The main ingredient is “MonitumRS.”
That “RS” is rhamnan sulfate. It is an extract that is patented.
Thanks, so I guessed right it was the seaweed!
I was on it for a year, after cardiac problems. but my RN-NP took me off — I needed a training bra — LOLOL!
I wonder why they feel the need to add so many other ingredients if the RS is so effective? Also, I want to compare dosages used in the studies vs. the retail capsule. Sometimes you find a research dosage is far in excess of an OTC dosage.
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