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2004 FEB 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of a Detroit, Michigan doctor's study of patients with kidney disease could substantially change how the illness is treated.
The two-year study was led by Robert Provenzano, MD, chief of nephrology at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit. He studied 600 patients who have kidney disease and anemia at 100 locations across the United States.
Provenzano found that the injectable drug Procrit, which has been used to treat kidney disease and anemia since the 1980s, is effective when administered as infrequently as once a month, The Detroit News reported in a January 20, 2004, story.
Doctors …
Source: HighBeam Research, Treatment could change after study of kidney disease.