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Kidney Disease

Treatment and Research - Treatment

Medications can also help keep kidneys healthier longer. Two types of blood-pressure medications -- angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) -- have been shown to slow down kidney disease and delay kidney failure. These medications have been shown to work in people who have either diabetes or high blood pressure, and many other kinds of kidney disease, to protect kidney function.