Anyone who took or is taking LASIX (furosemide) - please inform me.?

Question

I have much edema in my legs after a severe trauma & surgery on my tibia to repair. I also have left ventricle heart dysfunction. I might consider to try LASIX to expel excessive water from my tissues. But I fear the dangerous side-effects. I read that Kidney functions can get deranged, frequent testing is needed, and that one must take potassium chloride if taking Lasix. I don't believe that any MDs will divulge the frightful toxicity of this drug. They will prescribe it for me - but I fear what it may do. I reviewed the info on it and it is deadly toxic. I have a clean body with no Rx drugs in my system. I just don't want to get sicker than I am.already.

So please- if you are on Lasix or were on it - inform me what really happened and your side-effects and how well did it eliminate tissue edema? did it make you sick? What is your warning to me.??

I always use natural herbs, and avoid chemical Rx drugs for all my life. Thank you for answering. Please help.

To ANOLDMICK: Well your answer confirms my mistrust of MDs - they daily do prescribe drugs will have toxic effects in the long-term. to be on Lasix for all my life?? That cannot be. Same reason I would NEVER take a statin drug. I do know the deadly effects. the lay public is vigilant for their bodily health. If Lasix were so safe, why is frequent kidney function tests required. cause they KNOW the derangements it causes. I know that MDs have a symbiosis with the pharmaceutical industry to promote their chemicals. You shun any natural remedy which might work. You want only Rx chemicals.
and all the Rx diuretics can cause diabetes mellitus in someone who was normal before. & that's DEADLY ! a Good safe drug would not do this. And then when someone develops diabetes later from Lasix, then you prescribe other Rx chemical for that. this is not sane policy. where is your conscience? I don't want toxins to destroy my bodily physiology. & we all die someday-even MDs!

Answer 1

Lasix helps your body flush out excess fluids that surgery or disease makes your body retain. You take the potassium because of the flushing action of the lasix. Talk with your doctor. My physician lets me monitor the effectiveness of the lasix. When the edema abates I can stop taking the meds. When it comes back I can start up with the meds. The lasix was not for my heart, but it did lower my blood pressure a little bit (it was a good thing).

I personally had no side effects from the Lasix and I am one of those people who darn near react to 90% of my meds! But I did the same thing you are doing, researching the medication, that's a good thing. My doctors are good at letting me call day or night about my meds and reactions to them. Two years and counting and no diabetes. You will develop diabetes only if you already have a propensity for it. I've had some really bad meds - Lasix was not one of them. Good Luck.

Answer 2

Sounds like you wanted a debate, not an answer to your question.

My grandfather took Lasix for approx 10 years before his death this November. The death had nothing to do with the Lasix...it was the 3 packs a day for 45 years that killed him.

With all drugs, natural or synthetic, there are going to be side effects. You have to weigh the side effects to see if they are acceptable for you. Yes, some drugs may temporarily interfere with the body's normal functioning...but they do not normally do permanent damage. If they are found to do something other than what they are intended for they are pulled from the shelves by the DEA/CDC/FDA...whichever gets a hold of them first.

Listen to your Doc. He is there to help you. If you don't want to listen to him, why go to him in the first place?

Answer 3

Yours is a common problem with people without a medical or pharmacological background who read the standard inserts from the box or the Physician's Desk Reference. They read about possible side effects and panic.

First of all, your physician will not prescribe a drug that places you at high risk. Secondly, your pharmacist won't sell you a drug that places you at high risk.

Thirdly, your medical condition is likely to rapidly worsen, which will make it much more difficult to reverse. You are in congestive heart failure, and herbal medicines will NOT help! If your description of your condition is accurate, there are really only two drugs that are appropriate for dealing with that excess fluid - Lasix is one; Mannitol is the other. There is NO "natural herb" that is potent enough to do what you need to have done. And there is NO herbal supplement that will suffice as a maintenance drug once you do get rid of the excess fluid.

As for my own experience - yes, I have also taken Lasix as well as given it to my patients. It worked fine and did indeed relieve me of the excess fluids I had built up. It will work fine for you, too. Listen to your doctor and do as he suggests, or visit your mortician and purchase your coffin. It's your choice...

Answer 4

I personally have taken Lasix or the generic version furosimide as has my father as has my grand father. My father takes it for high blood pressure and swelling of the ankles, he is a 74 year old white male, I am a 38 year old white male. His father took Lasix for kidney deterioration related to diabetes, as my grandfather was not my blood relative, he adopted my father who was English, while my grandfather was danish.
Now I have worked with chemistry my whole life both vitamins as wells as pharmaceuticals, where do you think they get the raw material to make the drugs when they have a block buster drug? Estraderm and Estrogen patch
gets it main ingredient from the bobasco root grown in Holland a natural source of the hormone outside of the body. Furosimide will help you if your Dr. thinks you need it, start slow. Test your blood It will be okay. Drugs are for helping, not hurting.

Answer 5

I take Lasix and Potassium. Prescribed 40 mg., take about 1/3 of tablet each day.

Answer 6

are there any natural diuretics you can take to get the excess fluid off?? The excess fluid makes your heart work extra hard= be at a good wt= exercise to strengthen muscles= I work in home care and lots of people take lasix and potassium- and have no bad side effects= once you are regulated that should do wonders=D

Answer 7

Donot take this if you have avoided rx drugs then keep up the good work and see a health food store and ask them what you should take that is the best thing i could tell you to do.

Answer 8

I help a friend once a while whose doctor prescribed 40 mg of furosemide per day to, because of a bypass he had 5 years previous. After taking same everyday for about a year he started peeing on himself and could never get to the bathroom fast enough .He was 75. I told him to tell his doctor to reduce the dosage to 20 mg daily. He said he did not want to as to as "you don t tell doctors what to do you just tell them how you are feeling"

At his next doctor s visit he was too embarrassed to tell his doctor he was wetting his clothes in daytime, and also had swelling on his legs. So I told him he might want to start taking the furosemide every other day instead of every day, and to take short walks every other day. He uses a walker.
He did, Then the pant and underwear wetting stopped, and the swelling on his legs went down drastically and continued to restore to his pre-wetting days.

Therefore, I feel that not just the effectiveness of any drug but also the extent of its side effects depend on the dosage. The taste is in the pudding, and in this case the amount of the pudding tasted, it seems.

I do know as a matter of fact, that furosemide, the generic drug Lasix is not only used for congestive heart failure and edema, but also to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), but I m only a science major. As one of the posters suggested, I do a lot of online research on meds, side effects, and dosage. The first two must be weighed against each other in order for the patient to decide. Hey, it s your body and you should know your body better than your doctor.
My thing is, take the least dosage that would control your symptoms thereby averting the escalation of its side effects, which all medications have. May Jesus, the Doctor of all doctors help us. Amen