New Drugs: Pirfenidone a new hope in diabetic kidney disease.

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Published: August 19, 2009
New Drugs: Pirfenidone a new hope in diabetic kidney disease.  | read this item

Diabetic nephropathy may be slowed by several means, the standard of care is blood pressure control, prescription of drugs which reduce protein in the urine and dietary changes. However the condition is almost always progressive despite these interventions.
Pirfenidone is not a particularly new drug, it has been known as an antifibrotic agent in that it [...]