Efficacy of Tacrolimus in Treating Nephrotic Syndrome Children
Journal Title: Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 12, Issue 6
Abstract
Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) is primarily a pediatric disorder, common in pre-schooler and school aged children. Immunosuppresive drugs like prednisolone, cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine A (CsA) has been the main treatment regimen in the management of Nephrotic syndrome. This has remain still the same therapy which is not satisfactory in the management of nephrotic syndrome children. The management of children with idiopathic Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome (SRNS) and Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome (SDNS) are difficult to treat but there is no consensus on the most appropriate treatment therapy. Pneumonia and urinary tract infection are also a challenge in the management of NS. The main goal of treatment is complete or partial remission of proteinuria, which is the most important marker of long term outcome. Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) are used to avoid steroid toxicity in children with NS. There are limited data on the relative efficacy and safety of calcineurin inhibitors and alkylating agents for NS in children. There are different immunosuppressant drugs but tacrolimus can be used in the treatment of childhood NS which is less expensive, have less cosmetic side effects and easy to administered. In this review we discuss the safety and efficacy of tacrolimus, a new drug which can be administered orally as a twice daily dose in the management of childhood NS. Some study suggests that application of tacrolimus can be a new turning point for the treatment of nephrotic syndrome.
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Sijan Thapa, Hongzhu Lu
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- DOI 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/21806
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