Ren Fail. 1995 Nov; 17(6): 759-64.

Renal failure associated with alternative medical therapies.

Farrell J, Campbell E, Walshe JJ.

National Kidney Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Because the kidney is the major excretory organ for drugs and toxins, it is especially susceptible to damage from such agents. While alternative medical therapies appear to be on an increase worldwide, there have been few case reports regarding their nephrotoxicity. However we have recently observed three patients who developed irreversible renal impairment, which we believe was due to such therapies.