tonyjaafan
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Hi,
I realise this is a tricky question and rather a trivial one..but there are many knowledgeable people here whose opinion I wanted to seek.
This question is for my father. He is 55 years old and has had a bypass done 3years back. His heart efficiancy is at 40% right now and his cardiologist i very happy with it. The problem right now is that since November he has been on Dialysis three times a week and lately his legs have been paining a lot..I am guessing this is due to Muscle wasting due to dialysis..He has lost a fair bit of weight as well on it. Luckily for us my mother's kidney is a goodish match and we are going in for transplant sometime around March 20th.
Im going on Monday to consult his Nephrologist and Cardiologist as well but was wondering If we could give him Test Undeconate (Andriol) for the time being to reduce the muscle wasting ? His legs pain a lot and he has to take a sleeping pill just to get some sleep. His BP is normal (130/80 at times 130/90) and infact his BP medication has been halved due to BP becoming low (110/80).
He is getting an injection twice a week (Heprix If Im spelling it correctly) to increase RBC as well. His RBC were around 9 last mont
What is everyone's opinion ?
Appreciate the input.
Thanks.
I realise this is a tricky question and rather a trivial one..but there are many knowledgeable people here whose opinion I wanted to seek.
This question is for my father. He is 55 years old and has had a bypass done 3years back. His heart efficiancy is at 40% right now and his cardiologist i very happy with it. The problem right now is that since November he has been on Dialysis three times a week and lately his legs have been paining a lot..I am guessing this is due to Muscle wasting due to dialysis..He has lost a fair bit of weight as well on it. Luckily for us my mother's kidney is a goodish match and we are going in for transplant sometime around March 20th.
Im going on Monday to consult his Nephrologist and Cardiologist as well but was wondering If we could give him Test Undeconate (Andriol) for the time being to reduce the muscle wasting ? His legs pain a lot and he has to take a sleeping pill just to get some sleep. His BP is normal (130/80 at times 130/90) and infact his BP medication has been halved due to BP becoming low (110/80).
He is getting an injection twice a week (Heprix If Im spelling it correctly) to increase RBC as well. His RBC were around 9 last mont
What is everyone's opinion ?
Appreciate the input.
Thanks.