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Elevated creatinine levels.
My wife, 70 years old.she is taking 1tab.tazloc ct 80 and eslo5 twice a day.
She had been taking gliclazide 80 for the last 10years.
She was advised to stop the medicine after her glucose readings fell to 44
Now her glucose readings are normal without any medicine.
Recently on a random check her cretinine level was found to be 2.3 and urea 60.
Now without medicine her glucose readings are normal.
Please suggest a treatment.
Recently on a test,her cretinine level was found to be 2.03 and urea at
Presently she's taking tazloc ct 80,one capsule daily,and eslo5 twice daily.
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Elevated urea and creatinine levels suggest that kidneys are not working normally.
This could be due to long standing diabetes mellitus and Hypertension.
She needs thorough evaluation to determine the cause and decide next course of action.
Often times blood sugar levels go down when patient has kidney problems.
Next Steps
Following tests are to be done as a part of routine work up :
1) Ultrasound of kidneys (KUB)
2) Urine routine and UPCR test
3) Blood tests: CBC urea creatinine electrolytes calcium phosphorus uric acid and PTH
4) ECG and 2 D Echo
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Consult a nephrologist with the above work up.
then further treatment can be planned.
Monitor her blood sugar levels pre and post meals.
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