PRAGUE, Czechia—The number of people taking loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) may be many times higher than the number of HF patients on these meds, according to an analysis of ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 28, 2009 — Prolonged use, but not ever-use, of loop diuretics is linked to a higher fracture risk in postmenopausal women, according to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — A treatment strategy of torsemide vs. furosemide did not improve long-term clinical outcomes for ...

Dietary sodium restriction is a key determinant of diuretic efficacy. When dietary sodium intake is high, postdiuretic sodium retention compensates almost entirely for the loop-diuretic-induced sodium ...

For patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), treatment with sacubitril/valsartan may aid in reducing the requirement for loop diuretics compared with enalapril, according to ...

The use of loop diuretics does not appear to be associated with changes in bone mineral density, falls or fractures in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the January 26 issue of Archives ...

Close to 6 million Americans live with heart failure, and each of their hospitalizations for the condition carries an average cost of $11,500, or $11 billion in total costs each year. Because no ...

G_man_in_hospital_bed Patients who remain on loop diuretics after starting hemodialysis (HD) experience lower rates of hospitalization and intradialytic hypotension during the first year on HD, a ...

Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with usual ...

CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...

prescription-medications-0416 SHPT risk was 4 times higher among patients taking furosemide vs hydrochlorothiazide. Non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients receiving loop diuretics may have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dapagliflozin did not improve diuretic efficiency for patients hospitalized with acute HF. It did, however, ...