Wilson's Heart: amantadine binds to proteins in the kidney

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I was watching the Last episode of House for season 4 a few months back, where Amber receives damage to her kidneys making them unable to adequately filter out amantadine she took for a flu. They put her on dialysis and had her cryogenically frozen in an attempt to buy them more time for a proper diagnosis. House later states when unfiltered, amantadine binds to proteins in the kidneys becoming poisonous, and that there was nothing they could do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cNo5NlxP_I"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%27s_Heart"

My question is fairly simple, and that is couldn’t they have just given her a kidney transplant and blood transfusions?
 
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I was watching the Last episode of House for season 4 a few months back, where Amber receives damage to her kidneys making them unable to adequately filter out amantadine she took for a flu.
My question is fairly simple, and that is couldn’t they have just given her a kidney transplant and blood transfusions?

Well, after House seized and Foreman was talking the other fellows, Kutner asked if Amber could receive a heart transplant. Foreman responded that all Amber's other organs had been too damaged and she would never qualify it. I'm assuming that the same facts would eliminate a transplant of any of the other organs. Hth,