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.
If you get to the hospital early in labor, your doctor may be able to stop labor with hydration, bed rest, and muscle relaxants or other drugs, which may require hospitalization. If your doctor decides that you are in preterm labor, you will probably be admitted to the hospital. You may be treated with one of several drugs, called tocolytics, to try to stop the contractions. This will help hold off labor to allow the baby's lungs and other organs more time to develop.