What Is Spironolactone
Health Encyclopedia: Cirrhosis Ascites
Ascites
Nearly all patients with ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen) can benefit from the following measures:
- Abstaining from alcohol. (Sometimes abstaining from alcohol is enough to reverse this complication.)
- Restricting salt.
- Taking diuretics, usually spironolactone (Aldactone) and furosemide (Lasix). Previously, spironolactone was usually given alone, but experts now use it by itself only in patients with minimal fluid buildup. Patients should be monitored carefully for excessive and too...
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...(Azulfidine), salazopyrine, colchicine, methadone, methotrexate (Folex), phenytoin (Dilantin), corticosteroids, spironolactone (Aldactone), thioridazine (Mellaril), and calcium channel blockers. Read more »Medications
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