Dr. Hershberger answers the question: 'Diuretics To Treat Heart Failure?' — -- Question: What are the commonly used diuretics in the treatment of heart failure? Answer: The most commonly used ...

October 13, 2009 (Vancouver, British Columbia) — Diuretics, when given as second-line therapy to treat hypertension, reduce blood pressure (BP) to about the same extent as when they are used as ...

Diuretics constitute one of the drug classes most commonly used for the treatment of chronic heart failure (CHF). These agents rapidly relieve symptoms, and diminish pulmonary and peripheral edema, ...

Diuretics, pills used by millions of elderly people to lower high blood pressure, clearly reduce the long-term risk of death from heart attacks and strokes, according to a study that could ease fears ...

Diuretics are in the forefront of the antihypertensive armamentarium and constitute the reference antihypertensive drugs. This is so because monopharmacotherapy with these substances lowers high blood ...

Antihypertensive medications, particularly diuretics, can lead to increased fracture risk for older adults, so healthcare providers should weigh those risks when prescribing them, authors of a new ...

A new study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure reveals that the speed of lymph flow in the legs may determine ...

Diuretics are used to treat several conditions in medicine including heart failure, high blood pressure, liver disease and some types of kidney disease. The use of some diuretics is also indicated in ...

Close to 6 million Americans live with heart failure, and each of their hospitalizations for the condition carries an average cost of $11,500, or $11 billion in total costs each year. Because no ...

PRAGUE, Czechia—The number of people taking loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) may be many times higher than the number of HF patients on these meds, according to an analysis of ...

Thyroid medication (levothyroxine) is one of the most common prescriptions affected by multivitamins. Calcium and iron can ...

May 17, 2011 (National Harbor, Maryland) — Nursing home residents who are started on a diuretic, and those who are already on a diuretic and are switched to a higher dose, have an acute surge in their ...