THE ANTI-ANEMIC EFFECTS OF COMBINED tREATMENT WITH L-CARNITINE AND RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOETIN IN UREMIC pATIENTS
Wang Furong,Yuan zhihong,Xu Hongshi
division of Nephrology,Changzheng Hospital,The second Military University,Shanghai 200003
OBJECTIVE to observe the therapeutic effects of L-carnitine on anemic uremia patients who were treated with recombinant human erythropoeitin(r-HuEPO).
METHODOLOGY Forty patients with renal anemia were included and randomly divided into treatment group and control group.Inclusion criteria were maintenance hemodialysis for at least three months,hematocrit less than 25%,without uncontrolled hypertension or secondary parathyroidism,without severe deficiency of iron or folic acid or vitamins.All patients received r-HuEPO(100-150 U/kg·w)after each session of hemodialysis,and iron,folic acid vitamin B12.With hemaocrit values becoming greater than 30%,the weekly r-HuEPO dose was reduced in order to maintain HCT between 30%-50%.For the treatment group,L-carnitine(1 g intraveneously after each session of hemodialysis)was administered for 12 weeks.Plasma levels of L-carnitine were measured by radioenzymatic assay.
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