Eight pills you shouldn’t take because they damage your kidneys

for the treatment of thyroid problems.

 

Pills used to relieve heartburn: omeprazole, lansoprazole, pantoprazole, rabeprazole, and esomeprazole.

 

Antiviral drugs such as

 

acyclovir, which works against herpes, and indinavir and tefonovir, used to treat HIV.

 

Captopril, used for high blood pressure.

 

Bone and joint drugs: infliximab, which treats arthritis, and chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which treat malaria and systemic lupus erythematosus.

 

 

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