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Valsartan is a good drug for this purpose, it has much lower side
effect profile than Lisinopril, but Lisinopril is much cheaper so the
doc was right to choose it first.

The fundamental reason both drugs reduce proteinuria is that they
reduce the pressure in the efferent renal arteriole, after the
glomerulus. Think of the glomerulus as a sponge filter, soccer ball
shaped, with an outlet for the clear fluid which eventually becomes
urine, and an outlet which contains the "good stuff" RBCs and proteins
etc.(that is the efferent arteriole) If you can open up the efferent
arteriole, then pressure across the filter in the glomerulus is
reduced and it doesn't get eroded. Therefore proteins do not slip into
the tubules that form the urine. If Proteins fill up the tubules, they
set up like jell-o and shut down your kidneys.

You can add Verapamil and it has a synergistic effect.

The doctor should have done a 24 hour urinary protein, Renal
ultrasounds, probably a biopsy and a mag-3 scan (which is a
radionucleotide scan that looks at perfusion and secretion).
It goes without saying that Smoking cessation, blood glucose control
and general blood pressure control is of absolute importance. If
autoimmune diseases have not been thought of, a rheumatological work
up would be necessary.

David