Comparison Tables for Medications in Dialysis

Clinicians caring for patients receiving acute or maintenance dialysis frequently need to consider alternative medications within a therapeutic class. Choosing a drug that is less dialyzable can reduce the risk of removal during dialysis, ensuring more consistent therapeutic effects and minimizing the need for dosage adjustments post-dialysis. Other reasons for alternative medications may include lack of desired effect, intolerance, cost or formulary issues.

Nancy A Mason and George R Bailie, July 2024