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Overview of potassium-sparing diuretics
Diuretics are drugs created with the purpose of increasing the elimination of water and salt from the body through the urine. Potassium-sparing diuretics are a fairly common type and are widely prescribed in the treatment of diseases.
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What is a potassium-sparing diuretic?
Potassium-sparing diuretics act in the distal tubule, inhibiting sodium reabsorption by exchange with potassium, directly on cells (triamterene, amiloride) or by antagonizing aldosterone.
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What are diuretics? Use it correctly?
Diuretics or diuretics are drugs commonly used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Currently, diuretics are divided into three groups, each with different mechanisms and effects.
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Why do diuretics cause side effects? How to limit the side effects of diuretics?
Diuretics reduce water and salt reabsorption, increase urine output, and increase salt excretion. Diuretics are often used in the treatment of hypertension, edema, heart failure, ...
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Side effects of diuretics
Taking diuretics is a way to remove excess water and salt from the body, but if taken in excess, it can cause a decrease in body fluid volume, leading to a drop in blood pressure, causing many side effects including: systemic symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting or coma.
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Diuretics in the treatment of hypertension
Diuretics are a group of drugs commonly used in the treatment of high blood pressure. To use drugs effectively and safely.
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How to use combination oral antihypertensive drugs?
According to many studies, all classes of antihypertensive drugs combined with diuretics increase the effectiveness of lowering blood pressure. The selection of commonly used antihypertensive drugs for combination therapy should also be carefully considered.
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Side effects of antihypertensive drugs
Hypertension is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases today. Treatment of hypertension helps prevent long-term complications of the disease such as stroke, myocardial infarction, kidney failure... However, besides beneficial effects on blood pressure, antihypertensive drugs also may cause certain side effects.
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Side effects of anti-inflammatory drugs
There are two types of anti-inflammatory drugs on the market today, which are steroid-containing and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). To use drugs safely and effectively, learning about the side effects of anti-inflammatory drugs is indispensable.
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Amiloride HCL: Uses, indications and precautions when using
Diuretics are one of the first choices when treating high blood pressure, heart failure, or edema. There are many different classes of diuretics, including Amiloride HCL. So what is amiloride HCL?
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Why do diuretics lower blood pressure?
Diuretics help remove sodium and water from the body. The result of this action is to cause the kidneys to excrete more sodium into the urine. The sodium then draws water from the blood which reduces the circulating volume, thereby lowering blood pressure. Diuretics are used effectively in the treatment of hypertension, and are often prescribed because of their effectiveness, low cost, and few side effects.
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