Do you find adding fludrocortisone helpful in treating persistent hypotension in HD patients already on midodrine and without evidence of adrenal insufficiency?
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Do you find adding fludrocortisone helpful in treating persistent hypotension in hemodialysis patients already on midodrine and without evidence of adrenal insufficiency?
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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus
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That is not my practice. I doubt it would be helpful.
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Nephrology · Renal Medical Care
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Consider trying Droxidopa in addition to Midodrine.
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Nephrology · New York Medical College
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I agree that it is not helpful.
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Nephrology · Premier Nephrology Medical Group
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Nephrology · Mount Sinai
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No, I have never tried fludrocortisone for this purpose.
No rationale to do so.
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