what is a diuretic?

Answer 1

A diuretic (colloquially called a water pill) is any drug or herb that elevates the rate of bodily urine excretion (diuresis). Diuretics also decrease the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume, and are primarily used to produce a negative extracellular fluid balance. Caffeine, cranberry juice and alcohol are all weak diuretics.

Answer 2

A diuretic (colloquially called a water pill) is any drug or herb that elevates the rate of bodily urine excretion (diuresis). Diuretics also decrease the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume, and are primarily used to produce a negative extracellular fluid balance. Caffeine, cranberry juice and alcohol are all weak diuretics.

Answer 3

A diuretic is a product or medicine designed to make you wee!

Answer 4

Diuretics, sometimes called water pills, treat a variety of conditions, such as high blood pressure, glaucoma and edema.

Diuretics help rid your body of sodium and water. They work by making your kidneys excrete more sodium in urine. The sodium, in turn, takes water with it from your blood. That decreases the amount of fluid flowing through your blood vessels, which reduces pressure on the walls of your arteries.

There are three types of diuretics: thiazide, loop and potassium-sparing. Each works by affecting a different part of your kidneys, and each may have different uses, side effects and precautions. Which diuretic is best for you depends on your health and the condition being treated.

Examples of thiazide diuretics include:

Chlorothiazide (Diuril)
Indapamide (Lozol)
Metolazone (Zaroxolyn)

Examples of loop diuretics include:

Bumetanide (Bumex)
Ethacrynic acid (Edecrin)
Furosemide (Lasix)
Examples of potassium-sparing diuretics include:

Amiloride (Midamor)
Eplerenone (Inspra)
Spironolactone (Aldactone)
Different types of diuretics may also be combined into one pill.

Uses for diuretics
Doctors prescribe certain diuretics to prevent, treat or improve symptoms in a variety of conditions, such as:

High blood pressure
Congestive heart failure
Edema
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Certain kidney disorders, such as kidney stones
Diabetes insipidus
Female hirsutism
Osteoporosis

Side effects and cautions
In general, potential side effects of diuretics include increased urination, weakness, dizziness, impotence, dehydration and, depending on the type of diuretic, potassium decrease or increase, or sodium decrease.

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Answer 6

Diuretics are substances which will make you urinate more. They come in tablet form (Frusemide) or even in normal food and drinks (tea/coffee/coke etc).

Answer 7

Diuretics are also combined with other blood pressure lowering agents. These combination medications are listed on the pages for those other agents. Diuretics are also known as water pills because they remove fluid from the body.

USES OF DIURETICS

TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

TREATMENT OF FLUID RETENTION (including heart failure, kidney failure, cirrhosis)

TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE (Spironolactone and Eplerenone)

PREVENTION OF CALCIUM KIDNEY STONES

TREATMENT OF NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS

TREATMENT OF RENAL TUBULAR ACIDOSIS

TREATMENT OF MENIERE'S DISEASE

The loop diuretics are usually used for serious fluid overload states such as congestive heart failure. The others are used for more mild fluid retention as well as the other uses listed above.

Loop and thiazide diuretics cause the body to lose potassium and magnesium. Those minerals often need to be supplemented. The potassium sparing diuretics cause the body to retain potassium. The combination diuretics take advantage of these off-setting side effects to help maintain a normal potassium level in the body.

Diuretics may raise the level of bad cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood but this is rarely clinical problem and does not offset their otherwise beneficial effects. The cholesterol and triglycerides can be treated in the usual fashion. See LOWERING CHOLESTEROL LEVELS and CHOLESTEROL LOWERING MEDICATIONS.

Diuretics remove fluid from the body by making people urinate more. This can cause dehydration if too high a dose is taken. Adverse effects on kidney fuction, serum sodium and serum calcium levels may be seen. They can affect sexual potency in men. However, these medications are safe and well tolerated by the vast majority of patients taking them. Any side effect resolves with discontinuation of the medication.

Spironolactone and Eplerenone are diuretics that also inhibit the effects of a hormone called aldosterone. This hormones is deleterious to failing hearts. Spironolactone and Eplerenone have been shown to improve symptoms and survival in patients with severe heart failure due to weakened heart muscle independent of and in addition to their fluid removing effects

Diuretics: Management Tips and Common Side Effects

Sometimes a diuretic causes people to lose potassium. Potassium is needed for the body to work properly and to ensure that your heart rhythm is okay. Often, patients taking a diuretic need to take potassium pills, too.

If you are taking a diuretic, your blood should be checked periodically to make sure that your potassium level is normal.

Diuretics can also cause people to lose too much fluid, so that they become dehydrated. If you feel dizzy, call your doctor or nurse. While taking a diuretic it is a good idea to weigh yourself daily and go over your weight log with your doctor or nurse to make sure you are not losing too much fluid.

Answer 8

green tea, cranberry juice, water pills dandelions, all are diuretics and make u pass water more often to flush ur kidneys out.

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