Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
Preterm labor can lead to a premature birth, which poses many risks to a baby. Doctors may try to delay preterm labor with medications called betamimetics. Terbutaline is a type of betamimetic used to stop contractions and delay the labor process. It may be injected into the skin or given through a vein in the arm. Terbutaline may be effective in delaying preterm labor for several hours or days.