How can creatinine levels be reduced?
Patient: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ?  Please type your query here... My nephew is 23.  His creatine reached 15.8 and his pressure was also very high  195/119.  He was put on dialysis three times a week and was given amlopin 5 mg and concor 5mg twice a day.  He has been on dialysis for 4 months and his creatine has come down to 8 and for the past month his pressure has been normal without taking pressure tablets.  He is a 6 ft tall and weighs 100 kg.  His is on a salt free diet and has limited protein intake.  He mainly has vegetarian food and a hard boiled egg thrice a week.  Can he reduce his dialysis to twice a week? How can he reduce his creatine further?  Kindly give me your advice. Doctor: Hello and welcome to HCM.As an Urologist and transplant surgeon,i can understand your anxiety.Your nephew has kidney failure with H.T.and now on maintainence dialysis.He needs to undergo a kidney transplantation or continue with dialysis.As his kidneys have failed,till a transplant is done,a dialysis is only option.The kidney function is reflected in the creatinine level,so it's done regularly.If his dialysis is reduced to twice weekly,his general condition will worsen.If you've any doubts,send all the reports to me,as a direct question.Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.