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Diuretics reduce risk of death from congestive heart failure
October 02, 2008
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Thiazide Diuretics: A First-line Mistake?
By Dr. William Davis , Health ExpertThiazide diuretics, like hydrochlorothiazide and chlorthalidone, are extremely popular medications,... Read more »
February 25: Increase Your Potassium Intake
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...potassium is especially important if you are taking diuretics. Some diuretics increase... Read more »
Sodium and High Blood Pressure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert...cornerstone of hypertension management for a century, and diuretics (which increase sodium... Read more »
Common Blood Pressure Medications For Stage 1 Hypertension
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...are in this range; you have stage 1 hypertension. Diuretics might be the first type of... Read more »
Is There A Magic Pill for Weight Loss?
By Dr. Jeffrey Heit , Health Expert...as both an appetite suppressant as well as a mild diuretic which will help one lose "water... Read more »
Health Guide
Thiazide overdose
... Alternative Names Diuretic antihypertensives overdose Read more »Calcium: urine
...increase urine calcium measurements include: antacids, anticonvulsants, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor diuretics, and loop diuretics. Drugs that may decrease urine calcium measurements include:... Read more »Antihypertensives -Thiazide and related diuretics
This is poisoning from a thiazide diuretic, a medication used to treat high blood pressure. Alternative Names Diuretic antihypertensives overdose Poisonous... Read more »Chloride: urine
...acetazolamide and NSAIDs. Drugs that may increase urinary chloride excretion include: corticosteroids, loop diuretics, and thiazide diuretics. Read more »Digitalis toxicity
...detect conditions that make digitalis toxicity more common. Potassium supplements may be prescribed if diuretics and digitalis are used simultaneously, or a potassium-sparing diuretic may be... Read more »Medications
...indomethacin) potassium-sparing "water pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, spironolactone,... Read more »
...especially of: potassium-sparing "water pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, ... Read more »
...especially of: potassium-sparing "water pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, ... Read more »
...especially of: digoxin lithium "water pills" (diuretics such as furosemide; ... Read more »
...especially of: digoxin lithium "water pills" (diuretics such as furosemide; ... Read more »
Related News
Heart Medication Leads to Hip Bone Loss
May 05, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Loop diuretics -- commonly prescribed drugs for heart failure and hypertension -- may cause hip bone loss in men, a new study... Read summary »
Heart failure med may boost bone loss in men
October 03, 2008Loop diuretics, which are used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure, have been linked to increased hip bone loss in older men. Connecticut... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Effects of Altace and diuretic on blood-pressure
October 02, 2008This is a study to determine if two antihypertensive drugs, Altace (ramipril) and the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, are better able to reduce blood... Read summary »
Clinical trial: Combo med's effects on obese hypertension patients
October 03, 2008This study will compare the effects of a combination of Diovan and the diuretic Dyazide to Dyazide alone in obese hypertension patients. This... Read summary »
Some diuretics up fracture risk in women
January 28, 2009The long-term use of loop diuretics may increase the risk of bone fractures in post menopausal women, a new study has found. Loop diuretics--which... Read summary »
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