Changes in Plasma Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Treated for 8 Weeks with the Vitamin D Receptor Agonist Paricalcitol

Amy Barton Pai^1*, Darren W Grabe^1,2, George Eisele², Syed Haqqie², Heena Patel³, Alexander J Prokopienko⁴, Thomas D Nolin⁴ and Natsuki Kubotera⁵

¹Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, New York, USA

²Albany Medical College, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Albany, NewYork, USA

³Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

⁴University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

⁵Providence Health and Services, Portland, Oregon, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Amy Barton Pai, Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 106 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY, USA, Tel: (518) 694-7203 Email: