Can Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets treat kidney disease?

Most people may not be very familiar with membranous nephropathy and think it is a kidney disease, but this is only half correct. Patients with membranous nephropathy will have some symptoms of nephrotic syndrome, but it is mainly related to the immune complex deposits on the epithelial side of the glomerular capillary wall, so it is called membranous nephropathy. This disease is named after a pathological morphological diagnostic method. So can this disease be treated with Tripterygium wilfordii polyglycosides tablets?

There are many therapeutic drugs for this disease, and tripterygium wilfordii glycosides are a relatively effective drug for treating membranous nephropathy. The following is a detailed discussion of the efficacy and uses of this drug.

Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides. Domestic media have reported that the use of Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides tablets plus low-dose hormones to treat idiopathic membranous nephropathy can significantly reduce proteinuria, with a high complete remission rate and fewer side effects. What are the ways to use this medicine?

1. Patients should carefully observe the side effects after taking the medicine; if patients experience menstrual disorders or menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, palpitations, and irritability after taking the medicine, they should stop taking the medicine immediately. However, some patients do not have any signs of short and light menstruation before menopause. Therefore, a more accurate method is to regularly measure the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the blood to detect early damage to the ovaries.

Second, if the patient has severe side effects after taking the drug, then the use of tripterygium wilfordii glycosides should be stopped and replaced with other cytotoxic drugs; in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome, if tripterygium wilfordii glycosides have toxic effects on the ovaries and the disease is still not under control, it can be replaced with cyclosporine, chlorambucil and mefenamic acid, but it cannot be interchanged with cyclophosphamide. Cyclophosphamide also has ovarian toxicity, which is related to the patient's age and the total amount of drug.

The plant Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides is generally used for rheumatoid arthritis, nephrotic syndrome, purpuric and lupus nephritis, subacute and chronic severe hepatitis, etc.; it can also be used for allergic skin vasculitis, dermatitis and eczema, as well as psoriatic arthritis, vitiligo, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.

I believe that after the editor’s introduction above, everyone should have a general understanding of how Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides treat membranous nephropathy. The editor reminds the majority of patients with membranous nephropathy to refer to the methods introduced by the editor above. I hope it can help you. The editor reminds you not to directly use drugs above the machine to treat the disease. You need to use the medicine accurately according to the doctor’s guidance.