Pruritus on Hemodialysis

the uremic syndrome, but it is not present m Patients with acute renal failure regardless . lt of the cause and the degree of azotemia. subsides following the institution of hemodialysis but in a good percentage of P_atients, recurs while they are on dial~sts. Many drugs have been tried to relieve pruritus during dialysis with an overall ~oor result with the exception of lidocaine gtven intravenously. 1 Some of these patients h~ve secondary hyperparathyroidism and pr~ntus disappears following subtotal parathyrotde~­ tomy.2 Kidney transplantation relieves thts symptom immediately following a successful transplant.