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Five Drugs You May Need to Avoid or Adjust if You Have Kidney Disease

Medications can impact your kidneys, especially with chronic kidney disease. Learn which drugs may need adjustments to protect your kidney health.

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Treatments and therapies

Expanded Medicare Coverage of Immunosuppressive Drugs for Kidney Transplant Recipients

Medicare now covers kidney transplant immunosuppressive drugs for life, starting January 1, 2023. Eligibility details and how to enroll.

Immunosuppressants,

Health insurance,

Transplant recipients ,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Treatments and therapies,

Moving Our Kidney Patient Agenda Forward in Challenging Times

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Infectious diseases,

Policy and legislation,

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies

A lame duck opportunity for Congress to help kidney transplant patients

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Immunosuppressants,

Policy and legislation,

Treatments and therapies

New Drug, Positive Results. How Will it Benefit People with Diabetic Kidney Disease?

There is promising news for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetesa serious medical condition that is also known as diabetic ...

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies

Immuno Bill Passes out of House Committee

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Immunosuppressants,

Policy and legislation,

Treatments and therapies

Patient Story: Managing Medication During COVID-19 Outbreak

byHaley Jensen, kidney transplant recipient andNKF patient advocate As a kidney transplant recipient, medication is one of the most essential parts ...

Chronic kidney disease,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Treatments and therapies

The Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act (H.R. 5534) Passes House E&C Health Subcommittee

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Immunosuppressants,

Policy and legislation,

Treatments and therapies

Life-saving Legislation to Improve Drug Coverage for Transplant Recipients

With your support, we are fighting to extend Medicares coverage for immunosuppressive medications to ensure all patients have access to these lifesav...

Immunosuppressants,

Kidney transplantation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Treatments and therapies

Congressional Hearing Held on the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2019 (H.R. 5534)

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Immunosuppressants,

Policy and legislation,

Treatments and therapies