Renal Agents
- Name
- Renal Agents
- Accession Number
- DBCAT000629
- Description
Drugs used for their effects on the kidneys' regulation of body fluid composition and volume. The most commonly used are the diuretics. Also included are drugs used for their antidiuretic and uricosuric actions, for their effects on the kidneys' clearance of other drugs, and for diagnosis of renal function.
- Drugs
Drug Drug Description Trimethoprim An antifolate antibiotic often used in combination with sulfamethoxazole to treat a number of infections, including those of the urinary tract, respiratory tract, and gastrointestinal tract. Nitrofurantoin An antibiotic used to treat urinary tract infections. Levofloxacin A fluoroquinolone antibiotic used to treat infections caused by susceptible bacteria of the upper respiratory tract, skin and skin structures, urinary tract, and prostate, as well as for post-exposure treatment of inhaled anthrax and the plague. Lumasiran Lumasiran is an interfering RNA that silences hydroxyacid oxidase 1 for the treatment of primary hypoxaluria type 1. - Drugs & Drug Targets