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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 1788543" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>Yes, I will, especially as subsequent tests indicate that I don’t have kidney problems. </p><p>I’m not sure, however, whether it was medication or hydration that influenced the tests. The Consultant prescribed amdropline as the one and only blood pressure reading taken at the consultation was high. One the day I drove the 16 miles to the hospital where the diabetes clinic’s based there had been crashes and road closures. Moreover he only took one blood pressure reading even though it’s been demonstrated by the practice at the surgery that it’s best to take three readings and use the best of the three. I don’t know about anyone else but my blood pressure’s always lower by the third test.</p><p>I suspect that the eGFR may also be influenced by hydration. I walked about three and a half miles to the local hospital phlebotomy dept for the test for the Consultant and had forgotten to take my water bottle with me. The result showed moderate to severe kidney disease. The second test was taken at the surgery: I’d driven there and was well hydrated beforehand. I walked to the hospital again for the third test and even though I had a water bottle with me I waited until I was in the queue before I drank from it: this test showed good kidney function but not as good as was indicated by the second test. </p><p>However, I also have to factor in the amdropline that may have lowered my blood pressure and affected the second test. It certainly lowered it to a point when I was frequently faint and dizzy!</p><p>By the third test I’d been advised that I no longer needed the amdropline or the higher dose of atorvastatin. The sample for the third test was taken after I’d reduced the atorvastatin and stopped taking the amdropline. The eGFR was not as good as at the second test.</p><p>If I were to do a proper analysis of the effect of each of these factors I think I’d need to have nine more tests, three for each of them. Argh.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 1788543, member: 68789"] Yes, I will, especially as subsequent tests indicate that I don’t have kidney problems. I’m not sure, however, whether it was medication or hydration that influenced the tests. The Consultant prescribed amdropline as the one and only blood pressure reading taken at the consultation was high. One the day I drove the 16 miles to the hospital where the diabetes clinic’s based there had been crashes and road closures. Moreover he only took one blood pressure reading even though it’s been demonstrated by the practice at the surgery that it’s best to take three readings and use the best of the three. I don’t know about anyone else but my blood pressure’s always lower by the third test. I suspect that the eGFR may also be influenced by hydration. I walked about three and a half miles to the local hospital phlebotomy dept for the test for the Consultant and had forgotten to take my water bottle with me. The result showed moderate to severe kidney disease. The second test was taken at the surgery: I’d driven there and was well hydrated beforehand. I walked to the hospital again for the third test and even though I had a water bottle with me I waited until I was in the queue before I drank from it: this test showed good kidney function but not as good as was indicated by the second test. However, I also have to factor in the amdropline that may have lowered my blood pressure and affected the second test. It certainly lowered it to a point when I was frequently faint and dizzy! By the third test I’d been advised that I no longer needed the amdropline or the higher dose of atorvastatin. The sample for the third test was taken after I’d reduced the atorvastatin and stopped taking the amdropline. The eGFR was not as good as at the second test. If I were to do a proper analysis of the effect of each of these factors I think I’d need to have nine more tests, three for each of them. Argh. [/QUOTE]
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