Edema. Diuretics lessen the swelling that usually happens in the legs. High blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics lower blood pressure, lowering your chance of astrokeorheart attack. Heart failure. Diuretics ease swelling and congestion in thelungs. You’ll usually get a loop diuretic for heart failu...
Near the end of the chapter, diuretic pharmacology is integrated with a discussion of mechanisms of edema formation and the role of diuretics in clinical medicine. Therapeutic applications of diuretics are expanded upon in Chapters 33: Antihypertensive Agents and the Drug Therapy of Hypertension (...
to anon25143: clearly ALLI cannot be both a diuretic *and* a "cause for swelling of the ankles, feet, and legs"... if ALLI caused edema, it would not be promoted as a healthier alternative to weight-loss. but to answer your question, no. ALLI is definitely no diuretic. it assists...
Alternatively, the diuretic may be part of a prescribing cascade. In fact, one of the most common prescribing cascades is initiation of a loop diuretic for ankle edema after starting a calcium channel blocker (e.g., amlodipine) that is erroneously considered to be caused by new-onset HF ...
Edema. Diuretics lessen the swelling that usually happens in the legs. High blood pressure. Thiazide diuretics lower blood pressure, lowering your chance of astrokeorheart attack. Heart failure. Diuretics ease swelling and congestion in thelungs. You’ll usually get a loop diuretic for heart failu...