Best pills for kidney pain

The main function of the kidneys is to remove excess fluid and soluble metabolic products from the body. The kidneys are located in the upper abdomen below the ribs, on both the left and right side of the body. Kidney or back pain can be difficult to distinguish, kidney lesions tend to be felt deeper and higher in the back and under the ribs, while muscle pain from a normal back injury tends to be lower, radiating to the lower back and sacrum.

Common causes of kidney pain are mainly urinary tract infections, kidney damage, and urinary tract stones. However, there are many other causes of kidney pain, including penetrating and blunt trauma that can rupture the kidney or its blood vessels.

In addition to pain in the kidneys, additional symptoms of pathologies may occur:

• heat;
• painful urination;
• pain in the side;
• nausea;
• vomiting.

Pain in the kidneys can be on the left, on the right, or on both sides. The causes of kidney pain are diagnosed after analyzing the patient’s medical history, physical examination and laboratory tests, including blood tests, urine tests. An ultrasound, x-ray, computed tomography, or MRI of the abdomen and pelvis may be ordered.

Treatment for the cause of kidney pain depends on the underlying cause, but in general, antispasmodics, non-steroidal drugs, and analgesics are used for pain relief. Antibiotics are usually required if the underlying cause is a bacterial infection.

When it comes to renal colic, in some people, the kidney stone can pass spontaneously, which eliminates kidney pain even without medication. However, many people may require surgery. Kidney pain can be prevented by avoiding those situations that are the main causes of kidney infection or kidney damage.

Rating of the top 5 inexpensive and effective pills for kidney pain

Any medications have side effects and contraindications. Our material is an overview and does not serve as a guide to action. Before buying drugs, consult your doctor.

ibuprofen

Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that has analgesic and antipyretic effects. Therefore, ibuprofen and some other NSAIDs are used as first-line drugs in patients with kidney pain associated with renal colic ¹ .

In addition to pain in the kidneys, ibuprofen is indicated for the following diseases and conditions:

• headache and toothache;
• rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis;
• pain in the joints, muscles, ligaments;
• painful menstruation.

Ibuprofen is contraindicated in patients with active bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, inflammatory bowel disease and erosive and ulcerative lesions of the stomach and duodenum. The drug should not be taken with renal and hepatic insufficiency, hemophilia, in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and during breastfeeding.

Analgin

Analgin contains metamizole sodium, belongs to the group of non-narcotic analgesics and is available in white tablets. The active substance of the drug inhibits the synthesis of prostaglandins – biologically active compounds that are involved in the development of inflammation.

Metamizole sodium has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects and is used to relieve kidney pain if the patient is not recommended to take NSAIDs. Other indications for the use of the drug: headache and toothache, biliary colic, pain after burns, operations and injuries.

The drug is contraindicated in case of hypersensitivity to analgin, intolerance to analgesics and analgesic bronchial asthma, pregnancy, lactation.

Tempalgin

The drug contains two active ingredients: non-narcotic analgesic metamizole sodium (analgin) and anxiolytic tempidone.

Analgin helps to suppress the development of the inflammatory process in the body and reduce its manifestations, including pain.

Tempidone has a calming effect and helps fight fear, anxiety and tension, that is, the emotional component of pain. The combination of two active ingredients enhances the analgesic properties of the drug. Tempalgin can be used for pain in the kidneys against the background of renal colic and in other cases:

• with intestinal and biliary colic;
• with neuralgia, headache and toothache;
• with pain syndrome after injuries and surgical interventions.

Tempalgin is contraindicated in renal, hepatic and heart failure, arterial hypotension, “aspirin” asthma, pregnancy and lactation.

Nurofen Express Forte

The active ingredient of the drug is the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen. Nurofen Express Forte is available as red capsules with liquid content inside. Ibuprofen inhibits the synthesis of substances that play an important role in the development of inflammation, pain and fever, and due to this it has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects.

Ibuprofen is recommended for patients with renal colic. Other indications for Nurofen Express Forte include:

• headache, muscle and toothache;
• infectious and inflammatory diseases of the ENT organs, which are accompanied by pain syndrome;
• painful menstruation;
• pain in the joints and spine.

The drug is contraindicated in exacerbation of erosive and ulcerative diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with ulcerative bleeding, severe heart failure, severe violations of the liver and kidneys, “aspirin triad”, hemorrhagic diathesis, bleeding disorders, in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy.

Baralgin M

This is a drug based on metamizole sodium or analgin. Available in the form of tablets and solution for intramuscular and intravenous administration. Injectable solutions are dispensed by prescription. The active substance of the drug has an analgesic effect, has an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effect.

Indications for use Baralgin M: severe acute or chronic pain syndrome, including kidney pain, toothache, pain after surgery and injury.

Baralgin should not be taken with hypersensitivity to metamizole sodium, disorders of bone marrow hematopoiesis, in the 1st and 3rd trimesters of pregnancy, with a history of anaphylactic reactions to salicylates.

How to choose pills for kidney pain

Treatment for kidney pain or side pain depends on the underlying cause of the sensations. Kidney infections and kidney stones that cause pain are often treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and pain medications, or sometimes with small amounts of narcotic analgesics (for renal colic). However, these drugs treat pain (the main effect is pain relief) and not the root cause of the pain.

In some patients, pain may resolve spontaneously (urine flushes an irritating stone out of the ureters or urethra), and small kidney stones (usually less than 6 mm in diameter) may gradually pass. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and pyelonephritis usually require antibiotic treatment in addition to pain medication.

If kidney stones completely block the ureter or are about 6 mm in diameter or larger, urological surgery may be required. As a rule, the recovery time is fast (same day or several days later) if the kidney stones are removed by retrograde surgical methods.

Other underlying causes of flank pain may require similar pain management and concomitant therapy for the cause. However, patients with known kidney problems or impaired kidney function should not be treated with pain medications that are either filtered (removed) through the kidneys or may cause further kidney damage.

Popular questions and answers

Regarding the treatment of kidney pain and its cause, the choice of the most appropriate drugs, we talked with urologist, specialist in ultrasound diagnostics, doctor of the highest category of the Center for Disaster Medicine Yuri Bakharev.