Diet and nutrition are an important part of living well with kidney disease. As your kidney disease progresses, your dietary needs will likely change as well. Click on the appropriate stage below to learn more about diet and kidney disease.
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics.
Magnesium Sulfate. Preterm labor is defined as labor that starts before 37 weeks of pregnancy. It occurs when the uterus contracts regularly and leads to changes in the cervix. Ten percent of women in preterm labor give birth within the next seven days. But for the majority of women, preterm labor stops on its own.