DIURETIC

dīˌyərĕtˈĭk, drug used to increase urine formation and output. Diuretics are prescribed for the treatment of edema (the accumulation of excess fluids in the tissues of the body), which is often the result of underlying disease of the kidneys, liver, lungs, or heart (e.g., congestive heart failure). They are also used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and glaucoma. They act on the kidneys, modifying the absorption and excretion of water and electrolytes such as sodium and potassium. Types of diuretics include thiazides, loop diuretics, and potassium-sparing diuretics.

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Aromatherapy for Health Professionals
Book by Shirley Price, Len Price; Churchill Livingstone, 1999
Subjects: Aromatherapy
...aspects as, for example, the analgesic and diuretic effects of essential oils, and when it...the properties: mucolytic, cholagogic, diuretic, circulatory deconges tant/stimulant...cordial, cyto phylactic, deodorant, diuretic, emmenagogic, hypotensive, insecticidal...
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Hypertension in Diabetes
Book by Bryan Williams; Martin Dunitz, 2003
Subjects: Hypertension
...Pressel SL, Cutler JA, et al. Effect of diuretic based antihypertensive treatment on cardiovascular...with an ACE inhibitor compared with a diuretic/ -blocker-based treatment regimen. Diabetes...long-acting calcium channel blocker or diuretic in the International Nifedpine GITS study...
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Lifestyle Modification for the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension
Book by Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He, Gail T. Louis; Marcel Dekker, 2003
Subjects: Hypertension--Prevention, Hypertension--Treatment
...years. Treatment was double-blind in nine of the trials, single-blind in four trials, and open in the remaining four trials. Diuretics were used as first-step drug therapy in 12 of the 17 trials. In most of the trials, the goal in the active treatment group...
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An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica
Book by Jing-Nuan Wu; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Herbs--Therapeutic Use--China, Materia Medica, Vegetable--China, Medicine, Chinese
...Substances with bland flavor function as diuretics and help to elim- inate dampness. These...Kidney and Bladder channels. FUNCTIONS Diuretic for Excess Dampness and Heat. CLINICAL...Soothes the Liver, clears Heat, and is a diuretic. CLINICAL USE AND MAJOR COMBINATIONS...
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Mayo Clinic on High Blood Pressure
Book by Sheldon G. Sheps; Mason Crest, 2004
Subjects: Hypertension--Popular Works
...157 The different types 158 Diuretics 158 Beta blockers 161 ACE inhibitors...with stage 1 hypertension, a thiazide diuretic may be the most effective medication...Medications may include a thiazide diuretic used with an angiotensin-converting...
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Other People's Lives: Reflections on Medicine, Ethics, and Euthanasia
Journal article by Richard Fenigsen; Issues in Law & Medicine, Vol. 24, 2009
Subjects: Ethics, Hospitals, Patients, Trade secrets
...the patient responded well to vigorous diuretic treatment, and we gained some time to...failure. Treatment with large doses of diuretics was successful enough: the patient could...mellitus as a side effect of thiazide diuretics! And she would now be in "hyperosmolality...
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Design and Analysis of Trials of Combination Therapies *
Journal article by James D. Hosking, Ron A. Cisler, David J. Couper, David R. Gastfriend, Daniel R. Kivlahan, Raymond F. Anton; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 66, 2005
Subjects: Alcoholism--Care and treatment, Clinical trials--Analysis, Clinical trials--Management, Combination drug therapy--Research
...against its components. For example, diuretics and angiotensin-convetting enzyme (ACE...evaluate whether the combination of a diuretic and an ACE-I is more effective than each...three cells: (1) monotherapy with the diuretic, (2) monotherapy with the ACE-I and...
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Lead, Diabetes, Hypertension, and Renal Function: The Normative Aging Study
Journal article by Shirng-Wern Tsaih, Susan Korrick, Joel Schwartz, Chitra Amarasiriwardena, Antonio Aro, David Sparrow, Howard Hu; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetics
...and use of analgesic medication and diuretic medication. Alcohol consumption was analyzed...classified as hypertensive, 7% reported using diuretic medication, and 78% reported using analgesic...not significant (Table 3). Exclusion of diuretic medication users or participants with...
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Clinical Education Initiative in the Community: Caring for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Journal article by Erlinda C. Wheeler, Lisa Plowfield; Nursing Education Perspectives, Vol. 25, 2004
Subjects: Curricula, Heart failure, Interpersonal communication, Nurses, Nursing, Patient education, Patients
...the patient had been prescribed a new diuretic. The student encouraged the patient to...physician, who decreased the dose of the diuretic. * A patient complained of having diarrhea...would deliberately "forget" to take her diuretic because she did not want to go to the...
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An Essay on the Evidence Base of Vocal Hygiene
Journal article by Vishar Bhavsar; Journal of Singing, Vol. 65, 2009
...avoidance of caffeine on the basis of its diuretic properties. The National Center for Voice...office." 55 Both sympathomimetic and diuretic actions of caffeine lead to a putative...Despite caffeines reputation as a potent diuretic, however, evidence is lacking for a significant...
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Therapeutic Options for Congestive Heart Failure
Magazine article by Brendan S. Ross, Jeffrey M. King, Richard G. Fischer; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, February 16, 1998
Subjects: Cardiovascular disease, Continuing education, Pharmacists, Prescription drugs, Therapy, United States
...studies, the roles for neurohormonal, diuretic, inotropic, and vasodilator agents in...years of age are at risk for orthostasis. Diuretic therapy should be held for one to two...and decrease the risk of orthostasis. Diuretics Diuretic therapy is an important component...
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Biggest Yield in Years! the New Drug Approvals of 1991
Magazine article by Jack Rosenberg, Cynthia Starr; Drug Topics, Vol. 136, February 3, 1992
Subjects: Abbott Laboratories, Characteristics, Ciba-Geigy Corp, Genzyme Corp, Manyproducts, Pfizer Inc, Pharmaceutical industry, Product introduction, Regulatory agencies, Ross Laboratories, United States
...may be given with or without thiazide diuretics. CONTRAINDICATIONS: Hypersensitivity...patients frequently receive thiazide diuretics in combination with ACE inhibitors. Still...recommended that patients discontinue diuretic treatment before beginning therapy with...
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Parke-davis Bets Big on Its New Ace Inhibitor
Magazine article by Cynthia Starr; Drug Topics, Vol. 136, January 6, 1992
Subjects: Case studies, Characteristics, Impacts, Parke-Davis & Co, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmacists, Product introduction, United States
...requires additional treatment with a diuretic in order to keep blood pressure in check...need to take a second agent--usually a diuretic--before hypertension is curbed. P-D...blood pressure" that it will pay for any diuretic a patient needs, for as long as he or...
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Study Tracks Hypertension Drug Use in Hmos, Nursing Homes
Magazine article by Kathi Gannon; Drug Topics, Vol. 137, December 13, 1993
Subjects: Cardiovascular disease, HMOs, Nursing homes, Pharmacists, Polls & surveys, Preferences, Prescription drugs, United States
...nursing home is probably receiving a diuretic. Current recommendations indicate that first-line therapy is a diuretic or a beta-blocker. The study included...accounted for about 25% of scripts filled. Diuretics accounted for 22% of scripts filled...
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Drugs for High Blood Pressure Which Are Best?
Magazine article by Maryann Napoli; HealthFacts, Vol. 30, April 2005
Subjects: Clinical trials, Diuretics, Hypertension, Preventive medicine
...challenged widely held beliefs. It found that diuretics, the oldest and cheapest anti-hypertensive...hypertension need another drug in addition to a diuretic. This 2002 landmark trial, known as...alpha blocker, an ACE inhibitor, or a diuretic. Whenever a drug failed to control blood...
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Eurostar Takes the Pee out of Us; Wrong Track? the Provocative Eurostar Poster Trying to Tempt Belgians to Take the Train to London. One Traveller Thought It Was an Advert for a Diuretic. below, Another Poster Depicting Lookalikes of Thatcher, Major and Blair
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 16, 2007
Subjects: Advertising campaigns, Diuretics, Railroads, Travelers
...Take the Train to London. One Traveller Thought It Was an Advert for a Diuretic. below, Another Poster Depicting Lookalikes of Thatcher, Major and Blair...here. I didnt realise it was for EurostarI thought it might be a beer or a diuretic."
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5 of the Best Natural Diuretics
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 16, 2009
Subjects: Diuretics, Herbal medicine, Medicine, Botanic, Medicine, Herbal
5 of the Best Natural Diuretics. Its an unpleasant feeling to...are puffy. One solution is to take a diuretic, which removes water from the body...are prescription-only, a number of diuretic preparations - many of them chemical-free...
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Not Fit to Be Called Saints
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 26, 2008
...reportedly among a group of NFL players who tested positive for a diuretic that masks steroid use. Of course, New Orleans plays San Diego in London on Sunday. Its kind of a do-or-diuretic game. *** News item: Plaxico Burress receives three fines from...
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Jockeys Back on Cup Day
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), August 27, 2009
...admitted to stewards that they had used a diuretic at a Tweed River Jockey Club TAB meeting...samples confirmed the pair had used the diuretic furosemide and both pleaded guilty at...calls yesterday. Furosemide is a powerful diuretic that is used to treat the excessive accumulation...
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Four-Week Bans for Young Hoops
Newspaper article; Daily Examiner (Grafton, Australia), August 27, 2009
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...Hyeronimus both admitted they had used a diuretic at a TAB meeting at the Tweed River Jockey...samples confirmed the pair had used the diuretic furosemide and both pleaded guilty at...calls yesterday. Furosemide is a powerful diuretic that is used to treat the excessive accumulation...
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Diuretic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DIURETIC di y ret ik, drug used to increase urine formation and output. Diuretics are prescribed for the treatment of edema (the accumulation...and electrolytes such as sodium and potassium. Types of diuretics include thiazides, loop diuretics, and potassium-sparing...
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Broom
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...common, or Scotch, broom ( Cytisus scoparius ) is naturalized in parts of North America; the tops have been much used as a diuretic. The Canary broom, or so-called genista of florists, is Cytisus canariensis, a yellow-flowered evergreen shrub. Species of...
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Joe-Pye Weed
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...reputedly effected many cures with the herb. An infusion of the leaves and roots was formerly, and is sometimes yet, employed as a diuretic and an astringent, among other things. It is also called gravelroot, trumpetweed, and purple boneset or thoroughwort. Two...
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Shepherd's-Purse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...triangular seed pods. A decoction from the plant, containing the alkaloid bursin, has been used medicinally as an antidysenteric, a diuretic, and a febrifuge. Capsella is classified in the division Magnoliophyta , class Magnoliopsida, order Capparales, family...
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Trailing Arbutus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fragrant pink or white flowers that are sometimes hidden by the hairy evergreen leaves. The leaves were once used in making a diuretic tea and were also said to be astringent and tonic. Roots of the trailing arbutus live in a partnership arrangement (mycorrhiza...
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