"Decreased kidney function is a known side effect with almost every anti-inflammatory you can think of."

Another issue: does anyone else have decreased kidney function since taking Budeprion?

But in patients with decreased kidney function, the drug remains in the body longer.

Caution is advised when using this drug in older adults because they may have decreased kidney function.

Problems with the chemical processes that take place in the body (metabolic problems), such as decreased kidney function or hyperventilation.

Decreased kidney function.

Decreased kidney function (although it is not currently known if this is because of adulterants or infectious diseases)

This is most likely to occur in people who are receiving medicine to help reduce water retention (water pills or diuretics), especially those with decreased kidney function.

Because elderly patients are more likely to have decreased kidney function, the regulators recommend that healthcare professionals take special care when prescribing doses for elderly patients.

The controversy over Natrecor arose this year with the publication of two studies in medical journals that seemed to indicate it was linked to death and decreased kidney function.

Among the reasons are the presence of other diseases and decreased kidney function that impairs the excretion of toxic drugs and allows their buildup to more dangerous levels in the body.

Drugs causing increased diuresis (diuretics) is generally an alternative, and have less risk of causing decreased glomerular filtration rate through the kidneys and resultant decreased kidney function.

Symptoms of decreased kidney function, such as fluid buildup or electrolyte imbalance, are more likely to develop with acute renal failure, regardless of how long the kidney has been malfunctioning.

"But now there's a recognition of the burden of earlier stages, not only in the risk of progression, but in the complications of decreased kidney function and the risk of heart disease."

"The arteries in the kidneys are somehow damaged, and this is leading to decreased kidney function," said the project director for the study, Dr. Tobias Kurth of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, a Harvard affiliate.

The available data also indicate that the risk of adverse events for any particular patient (even patients who have taken the drug for many years) is subject to change based on small changes in the health status of the patient, such as dehydration, a change in medications, or decreased kidney function.