LISBON, Portugal—The use of intravenous furosemide plus the thiazide-like diuretic metolazone resulted in significantly better natriuresis, as well as greater increase in urine volume and a larger ...

Uncertainty regarding diuretic efficacy and optimal dosing in hemodialysis likely contributes to practice variation, according to investigators. A new study finds “substantial” variation in oral ...

A common diuretic wasn't much help for staving off recurrent kidney stones, the NOSTONE trial showed. Over a median follow-up of 2.9 years, symptomatic or radiologic recurrence of kidney stones ...

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 ...

May 15, 2003 -- A comparison of drug use and disease occurrence showed an association between the use of diuretics and the development of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a presentation on ...

HealthDay News — Thiazide diuretic prophylaxis treatment for kidney stones does not increase the risk of diabetes mellitus (DM), results of a study published in The Journal of Urology indicate.

Will using a diuretic with hydrochlorothiazide in a patient with hypertension and type 2 diabetes contribute to worsening of his hyperglycemia?—Masoud Shahidi, MD, Dedham, Mass. Studies consistently ...

Furosemide oral tablet is a generic drug FDA-approved to treat high blood pressure in adults and edema (swelling caused by fluid buildup) in adults and some children. As a diuretic (water pill), ...

Death risk doubled for patients experiencing early hyponatremia after starting a thiazide diuretic. Patients who experience hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics have an increased risk ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cross-sectional analysis, researchers examined 176,448 adults receiving center-based maintenance ...