I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Observation: Antiperspirants, Aluminum and Kidney Disease

I often tell patients to read labels of products for warnings about kidney
disease. It turns out that antipersipirants say to "Ask your doctor before
using if you have kidney disease," so someone did. Presumably this is
because of the aluminum content, and there is a small (and probably
insignificant) risk of aluminum accumulation with decreased kidney function.

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