CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...

In this comprehensive systematic review of randomized controlled trials, which included a total number of 471 patients, torsemide significantly reduced HF and CV-related hospital readmissions compared ...

Over time, the retention of sodium leads to crackles, peripheral edema, hepatomegaly with ascites, increased blood volume, and increased cardiac filling pressures. Although diuretics do not directly ...

Short-term use of loop diuretics does not appear to be associated with changes in bone mineral density, falls or fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a new report. However, prolonged use of ...

Loop diuretics are widely used, especially in patients with hypertension or heart failure plus renal dysfunction. Such patients are particularly susceptible to untoward drug effects. It is, therefore, ...

ORLANDO -- Low-dose furosemide use in critically ill patients did not prevent worsening acute kidney injury (AKI), researchers reported here. In the pilot, randomized-controlled SPARK trial, the loop ...

prescription-medications-0416 SHPT risk was 4 times higher among patients taking furosemide vs hydrochlorothiazide. Non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients receiving loop diuretics may have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was no link found between ever use of loop diuretics and changes in bone mineral density, falls and ...

Loop diuretics increase the risk of secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients, but concurrent use of thiazide diuretics attenuate that risk. Subjects on loop diuretics had a 2.4 times increased ...

When scientists reported last week that diuretics can be better than newer, more expensive drugs for treating high blood pressure, many people may have wondered: Can I get the same effects from herbal ...