Traditional Chinese Medicine for Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome: Strategies and Promising Treatments.

ABSTRACT: Refractory nephrotic syndrome (RNS) is an immune-related kidney disease with poor clinical outcomes. Standard treatments include corticosteroids as the initial therapy and other immunosuppressants as second-line options. A substantial proportion of patients with RNS are resistant to or dependent on immunosuppressive drugs and often experience unremitting edema and proteinuria, cycles of remission and relapse, and/or serious adverse events due to long-term immunosuppression. Traditional Chinese medicine has a long history of treating complicated kidney diseases and holds great potential for providing effective treatments for RNS. This review describes the Chinese medical theories relating to the pathogenesis of RNS and discusses the strategies and treatment options using Chinese herbal medi

SUBMITTER: Wang XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817219 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature