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I am taking olmesartan (lots of studies on pubmed on the use of it in kidney disease). It is supposed to trigger your immune system to kill intracellular bacteria which are theoretically the cause of autoimmune diseases. The bacterial debris and dead cells need to be cleaned up, and will cause higher than normal creatinine, but at the same time, olmesartan has a protective effect on the kidney.

It is also most likely partly due to the exjade too. If I did not take exjade I am sure my creatinine would be lower.

So the rise in creatinine is predicted and explained by the treatment I'm on, and is a sign that the treatment is working. I do feel it though, when the creatinine is high. Ugh!

I hope my WBC continues to improve. I had 6+ months at 0.5.

Deb

ps - I am still having red cell transfusions every 2 weeks.