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2. Furosemide - Wikipedia

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   Furosemide, sold under the brand name Lasix among others, is a loop diuretic medication used to treat edema due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. [4] Furosemide may also be used for the treatment of high blood pressure. [4] It can be taken intravenously or orally. [4]

3. Loop diuretic - Wikipedia

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   A bolus intravenous dose of 10 or 20 mg of furosemide can be administered and then followed by intravenous bolus of 2 or 3% hypertonic saline to increase the serum sodium level. [12] Pulmonary edema - Slow intravenous bolus dose of 40 to 80 mg furosemide at 4 mg per minute is indicated for patients with fluid overload and pulmonary edema. Such ...

4. Diuretic - Wikipedia

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   bumetanide, [17] ethacrynic acid, [17] furosemide, [17] torsemide: Inhibits the Na-K-2Cl symporter: 3. medullary thick ascending limb: Osmotic diuretics: glucose (especially in uncontrolled diabetes), mannitol: Promotes osmotic diuresis 2. proximal tubule, descending limb: Potassium-sparing diuretics

5. Metolazone - Wikipedia

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   This lowers blood pressure and prevents excess fluid accumulation in heart failure. Metolazone is sometimes used together with loop diuretics such as furosemide or bumetanide, but these highly effective combinations can lead to dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities. It was patented in 1966 and approved for medical use in 1974. [1]

6. Potassium-sparing diuretic - Wikipedia

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   Structural formula of the potassium-sparing diuretics. Click to enlarge. Potassium-sparing diuretics or antikaliuretics [1] refer to drugs that cause diuresis without causing potassium loss in the urine. [2]

7. Sulfonamide (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   The moiety is also present in other medications that are not antimicrobials, including thiazide diuretics (including hydrochlorothiazide, metolazone, and indapamide, among others), loop diuretics (including furosemide, bumetanide, and torsemide), acetazolamide, sulfonylureas (including glipizide, glyburide, among others), and some COX-2 ...

8. Chlorothiazide - Wikipedia

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   Chlorothiazide, sold under the brand name Diuril among others, is an organic compound used as a diuretic and as an antihypertensive. [1] [2]It is used both within the hospital setting or for personal use to manage excess fluid associated with congestive heart failure.

9. Torasemide - Wikipedia

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   Compared with furosemide, torasemide is associated with a lower risk of rehospitalization for heart failure and an improvement in New York Heart Association class of heart failure. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In heart failure it may be safer and more effective than furosemide .