Dietary sodium restriction is a key determinant of diuretic efficacy. When dietary sodium intake is high, postdiuretic sodium retention compensates almost entirely for the loop-diuretic-induced sodium ...

Thirst outcomes were investigated among patients with stable heart failure (HF), due to the limited data available on this relationship and how it, along with fluid and sodium intake, influences ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with acute heart failure, early treatment with loop diuretics is associated with lower in-hospital mortality, according to a study published online in the Journal of ...

Loop diuretics are widely used in the management of edema and heart failure. They are also widely misunderstood. The reason is this: Loop diuretics are often prescribed in a dose-dependent strategy.

At the third time of asking, Scpharmaceuticals Inc. has seen its subcutaneous loop diuretic, Furoscix (furosemide), approved by the U.S. FDA for patients with worsening heart failure, although the ...

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 ...

Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with usual ...

What Is Enbumyst, and Why Does It Matter? Enbumyst is a new nasal spray form of bumetanide (first approved by the FDA in 1983). It is a type of medicine called a loop diuretic (also known as a “water ...

Older men who take loop diuretics, commonly prescribed drugs for heart failure and hypertension, appear to have increased rates of hip bone loss than men who are not taking this medication, according ...