What are the medications that can cause Acute Renal Failure?
a. Antibiotics, such as amino glycosides, cephalosporins, amphotericin B, bacitracin,vancomycin. etc b. Blood pressure medications (angiotensin-converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors) eg. captopril and ramipril. c. Chemotherapy medications, such as cisplatin, carboplatin, and methotrexate. d. Contrast media used in medical imaging studies. e. Illegal “street” drugs, such as heroin and methamphetamine. f. Medications used to treat HIV (protease inhibitors), such as indinavir and ritonavir. g. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen, ketoprofen, rofecoxib, and celecoxib. h. Ulcer medications such as cimetidine. i. Other chemicals, such as insecticides, herbicides, and ethylene glycol, can also cause ARF. Please remember that the list of drugs may appear long but many of these medications only when given unsupervised or if given for a long period of time will cause problem. The non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs should not be taken without prescription and should be a
