question: I am 43 years old.  My height is 5' 3"and weight is 50 kg.  Two years back my creatinine level was 3.8.  Now it has gone upto 5.5.  Heamoglobin level is 8.  I am advised to have Erithropoitein injection once in a week.  Urea level is 72.  My urine output is quite normal.  I am taking only 3 to 4 gms of salt a day and fluid is restricted to one litre per day.  What best i can do to reduce my creatinine level.