Be careful! Do you know which of these drugs can cause kidney failure?

We all know that medicine is poisonous to some extent. Many people like to take medicine indiscriminately. Not only does it fail to cure the disease, it also damages some organs in the body. So which medicines in life can damage the kidney organs?

1. Antibiotics and other chemotherapeutic drugs:

Amphotericin B, vancomycin I, vancomycin II, neomycin, kanamycin, vancomycin, gentamicin, amikacin, streptomycin, carbenicillin, ampicillin, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, rifampicin, neopenicillin I, neopenicillin II and neopenicillin III, etc.

2. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory analgesics:

Indomethacin, phenylbutazone, ibuprofen, piroxicam, aspirin, phenacetin, antipyrine, aminopyrine, compound aspirin, paracetamol.

3. Anti-epileptic drugs: trimethoate, phenytoin sodium, etc.

4. Tumor chemotherapy drugs:

Methotrexate, nitrosoureas, mithramycin, mitomycin-C, 5-fluorouracil, etc.

5. Various vascular contrast agents.

6. Metals and their complexing agents:

Edetate, penicillamine, etc.

7. Others:

Cyclosporine A, cimetidine, allopurinol, mercurosalicylate, etc.

Nephrotoxic Chinese medicines and Chinese patent medicines

1. Single Chinese medicinal herbs include Aristolochia plants, Tripterygium wilfordii, cottonpol, fish gall, snake gall, canthus stings, centipede, bee venom, Leonurus japonicus (in large quantities), Aconitum kusnezoffii, Xanthium sibiricum, Aconitum carmichaelii, Rhizoma Coptidis, Fritillaria thunbergii, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Croton tiglium, Aloe vera, Acer truncatum, Chinaberry bark, Radix Trichosanthis, Root of Cherry Blossom, Fructus Crescentis, and Clematis chinensis.

2. Chinese patent medicines include Cinnabar Anshen Pills, Longdan Xiegan Pills, Guanxin Suhexiang Pills, Ganmaotong, Quick-acting Cold Capsules, Ginseng and Antler Health Pills, Nephritis Four-flavor Tablets, Sodium Cantharidate Tablets, Compound Cantharidin Powder, Angong Niuhuang Pills containing cinnabar, Buxin Pills, Sanhuang Tablets, Zhonghua Diuda Pills, Ruhuachun (for inducing labor), Sanpin Yitiaoqiang (for external use), etc. In addition, arsenic, asarsenic, scorpion, camphor, deer antler, star maple, etc. have different degrees of nephrotoxicity due to their combined toxic and side effects on various systems of the human body.

Medicines are of course used to treat diseases, but all medicines not only have the effect of treating diseases, but may also have adverse reactions that cause diseases. These adverse reactions can be mild, such as some gastrointestinal symptoms like abdominal distension, nausea, etc.; but they can also be severe, such as acute renal failure, acute liver damage, acute aplastic anemia, etc., and even life-threatening.