Fluimucil Reduces Kidney Failure in Primary Angioplasty

Fluimucil Reduces Kidney Failure in Primary Angioplasty - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "MILAN, June 28 � The potent antioxidant Fluimucil (N-acetylcysteine) may prevent contrast-medium-induced nephropathy and preserve kidney function in patients who undergo primary angioplasty after a heart attack.
Moreover, the benefit of Fluimucil appears to be dose dependent, with the rate of death, acute renal failure requiring temporary dialysis or mechanical ventilation only 5% in patients randomized to high-dose Fluimucil, versus 7% in those who received a standard dose and 18% in controls (P=0.002), according to a report in the June 29 issue of New England Journal of Medicine. /.../"