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.
Antiplatelet drugs prevent clotting by decreasing the activity of platelets. In the case of mini-stroke treatment, doctors prescribe antiplatelet drugs mainly for prevention of another mini-stroke. The most widely known and used antiplatelet drug is aspirin. Other antiplatelet drugs include: 1  Clopidogrel (Plavix Â®).