Loop diuretics are pharmacological agents that primarily inhibit the Na-K-Cl cotransporter located on the luminal membrane of cells along the thick ascending...

antihypertensive actions of some diuretics (thiazides and loop diuretics in particular) are independent of their diuretic effect. That is, the reduction...

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...

Etacrynic acid (INN) or ethacrynic acid (USAN), trade name Edecrin, is a loop diuretic used to treat high blood pressure and the swelling caused by diseases...

Safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding is unclear. Bumetanide is a loop diuretic and works by decreasing the reabsorption of sodium by the kidneys. Bumetanide...

Potassium-sparing diuretics or antikaliuretics refer to drugs that cause diuresis without causing potassium loss in the urine. They are typically used...

hearing loss and low blood potassium. Torasemide is a sulfonamide and loop diuretic. Use is not recommended in pregnancy or breastfeeding. It works by decreasing...

as a potassium-sparing diuretic. Amiloride is often used together with another diuretic, such as a thiazide or loop diuretic. It is taken by mouth. Onset...

include antibiotics (such as gentamicin, streptomycin, tobramycin), loop diuretics (such as furosemide), and platinum-based chemotherapy agents (such as...

accumulation in heart failure. Metolazone is sometimes used together with loop diuretics such as furosemide or bumetanide, but these highly effective combinations...

chemotherapeutic agents, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and loop diuretics. While these drugs target on different body systems, they also trigger...

40% of people will respond to spironolactone. For nonresponders, a loop diuretic may also be added and generally, furosemide is added at a dose of 40 mg/day...

transmembrane regions four through seven. Additionally, bumetanide, a loop diuretic, was found to bind to transmembrane regions 2 through 7, 11, and 12...

Columbus' return to Europe. Mercurial diuretics cause diuresis by reducing the reabsorption of sodium in the ascending loop of Henle, thus causing more water...

intravenous loop diuretics. In the absence of symptomatic low blood pressure intravenous nitroglycerin is often used in addition to diuretic therapy to...

Chlortalidone, also known as chlorthalidone, is a thiazide-like diuretic drug used to treat high blood pressure, swelling (such as occurs in heart failure...

symptoms. A loop diuretic such as furosemide is administered, often together with morphine to reduce respiratory distress. Both diuretic and morphine...

which further increases urinary calcium excretion. after rehydration, a loop diuretic such as furosemide can be given to permit continued large volume intravenous...

to both a class of sulfur-containing organic molecules and a class of diuretics based on the chemical structure of benzothiadiazine. The thiazide drug...

not respond to at least two agents and a diuretic. Minoxidil is also generally administered with a loop diuretic to prevent sodium retention and potassium...

Indacrinone is a loop diuretic. It can be used in patients of gout with hypertension as an antihypertensive because it decreases reabsorption of uric...

Bendroflumethiazide has a role in the treatment of mild heart failure although loop diuretics are better for reducing overload. The main use of bendroflumethiazide...

the urine. Blood pressure medications such as loop diuretics (e.g. furosemide) and thiazide diuretics (e.g. hydrochlorothiazide) commonly cause hypokalemia...

treatment in patients with clinical evidence of tumor lysis syndrome. A loop diuretic may also be indicated to maintain appropriate production of urine by...

containing these functional groups. Examples include: Furosemide, a loop diuretic Sulfadiazine, an antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole, an antibiotic As a sulfonamide...

diarrhea with high fecal chloride concentration. Diuretic therapy – Thiazide diuretics and loop diuretics like furosemide inhibit chloride reabsorption causing...

responsiveness to diuretics, especially in heart failure patients with refractory diuretic resistance with large doses of loop diuretics. In terms of the...

is used, the pH of the urine is kept at 6.5 or above. Furosemide, a loop diuretic, is often used to ensure sufficient urine production, but evidence that...

under 55 years old. Diuretics help the kidneys eliminate excess salt and water from the body's tissues and blood. Loop diuretics: bumetanide ethacrynic...

nervous system. Osmotic diuretics have their major effect in the proximal convoluted tubule and the descending limb of the Loop of Henle. These sites are...