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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

What Is Triamterene

Health Encyclopedia: Urinalysis

Alternative Names

Urine appearance and color; Routine urine test


What the risks are

There are no risks.


Special considerations

If a home test is used, the person reading the results must not have impaired color vision, as the results are interpreted using a color chart.

Some drugs change the color of urine, but this does not indicate disease. Some of these are chloroquine, iron supplements, levodopa, nitrofurantoin, phenazopyridine, phenothiazines,...

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Health Guide

Serum sodium
...control pills. Drugs that can reduce sodium levels include carbamazepine, diuretics, sulfonylureas, triamterene, and vasopressin. Read more »
Glucose test
...Lithium Phenothiazines Phenytoin Salicylates (acute toxicity -- see aspirin overdose) Triamterene Tricyclic antidepressants Drugs that can decrease glucose measurements... Read more »
BUN
...probenecid, vancomycin), propranolol, rifampin, spironolactone, tetracyclines, thiazide diuretics, and triamterene. Drugs that can decrease BUN measurements include chloramphenicol and... Read more »
WBC count
...counts include epinephrine, allopurinol, aspirin, chloroform, heparin, quinine, corticosteroids, and triamterene. Drugs that may decrease WBC counts include antibiotics, anticonvulsants,... Read more »
High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications
...diuretics:Potassium-sparing diuretics. These include amiloride (Midamor), spironolactone (Aldactone), and triamterene (Dyrenium).Thiazide diuretics. These include chlorothiazide (Diuril),... Read more »

Medications

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This medication is a combination of two "water pills" (diuretics). It increases the amount of urine... Read more »

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This medication is a combination of two "water pills" (diuretics). It increases the amount of urine... Read more »

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...pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, spironolactone, triamterene) potassium supplements... Read more »

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...pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, spironolactone, triamterene) "water pills" (diuretics... Read more »

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...pills" (diuretics such as amiloride, spironolactone, triamterene) "water pills" (diuretics... Read more »

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