Taking Hypertension Drugs Can Cause Kidney Diseases, Myths Or Facts?

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The wrong assumption regarding hypertension drugs is still circulating in the community. One of them regarding the consumption of hypertension drugs will routinely cause kidney disease, such as kidney failure.

However, please note that this assumption is just a myth. Internal Medicine Specialist Consultant and Hypertension, Tunggul D. Situmorang, emphasized that taking hypertension drugs does not cause kidney disease.

"Mytos, yes, but in this society it is not said to be a myth, a fact, but it is a myth," said Doctor Tunggul when met in the Senayan area, Jakarta, recently.

Doctor Tunggul said that people with hypertension can eventually get kidney disease because they do not regularly take hypertension drugs that have been prescribed for them.

"In fact, kidney failure occurs because the drug (hypertension) is not taken or lacks dose," he said.

Regular consumption of hypertension drugs for patients is to prevent unstable blood pressure in the body. Unstable blood pressure if not controlled by drugs can cause other organs in the body to work harder, including the kidneys.

This can ultimately damage kidney function and cause various kidney diseases. Therefore, people with hypertension must regularly take medication to protect the function of other organs.

The purpose of taking the drug is to prevent progression and will not be included in terminal kidney failure, so that drug consumption must be continuous. If there is anything, it can be consulted with the doctor to get another more appropriate drug, "concluded Doctor Tunggul.