Has anyone any experience of zinc supplementation in CRF?
I have a patient with CRF who wants to take zinc and, while I have
warned him off magnesium, I am less sure about zinc. Because of his
low plasma proteins and inflammatory state his plasma zinc wouldn't
rise to within the reference interval, but I am not aware of any
possible harmful side effect of taking small amounts of zinc in this
situation.
Any ideas (or denunciations) would be welcomed.
Nick Miller
London
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