Paracetamol Protects Against Kidney Failure After Muscle Injury
Posted on April 30, 2009
Paracetamol as the commonly used painkiller can also protect against kidney failure after severe muscle injury, according to the University of Essex’s research.
Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Renal Failure is one of the main causes of kidney failure that affect ten thousands of people every year. This condition is caused commonly by trauma or crashing injuries, drug abuse and intensive care.
Today, this painkiller has been discovered to be reducing the damage caused to kidneys following severe muscle injury and proteins such as myoglobin will escape into the bloodstream and are deposited in the kidneys, which generate free-radicals that can damage cells and induce renal failure.
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