anemia medications in kidney disease
Your treatment will depend on the exact cause of your anemia. If your anemia is due to kidney disease, your healthcare provider will treat you with: 1  Drugs called erythropoiesis stimulating agents (ESAs). 2  ESAs help your body make red blood cells.3  Extra iron. 4  Your body also needs iron to make red blood cellsâespecially when you are receiving ESAs.hen you have kidney disease, your kidneys cannot make enough EPO. Low EPO levels cause your red blood cell count to drop and anemia to develop. Most people with kidney disease will develop anemia. Anemia can happen early in the course of kidney disease and grow worse as kidneys fail and can no longer make EPO.