[33,34,35] More importantly, thiazides can block compensatory responses by the distal convoluted tubule to increased sodium delivery from the loop of Henle. Thiazide diuretics can be given at the ...

Loop diuretics are widely used in the management of edema and heart failure. They are also widely misunderstood. The reason is this: Loop diuretics are often prescribed in a dose-dependent strategy.

The direct influence of loop diuretics may also differ by sex, he suggested. In the 30% of the patients prescribed loop diuretics without an HF diagnosis who were men, undiagnosed heart failure would ...

Loop diuretics were taken at baseline in most (75%) patients at a median dose of 40mgEq/day; the lower quartile was taking <20mgEq/day and the upper quartile was taking >80mgEq/day.

The hospitalization rate was 1.84 admissions per patient-year among patients who continued on loop diuretics compared with 2.10 among controls, the investigators reported in the Clinical Journal ...

Following multivariable logistic regression, however, loop diuretics were the sole factor associated with a lower risk of 30-day hospital readmission among patients with HFpEF (odds ratio, 0.59 ...

A potential link was seen between a higher dose of loop diuretics and higher urine output with severe thirst. There was a 2.25-times greater risk of severe thirst seen with loop diuretics (odds ...

HealthDay News — Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretics and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ...

Most significantly, patients who'd taken Wegovy for a year saw their need for loop diuretics decline by 17% on average, compared to an average 2.4% increase in diuretic use among those who got the ...

Overall survival rates were lower in the >20 mg group than in those in the ≤20 mg group: median 66 versus 97 months (P =0.002).Multivariate analysis further revealed that higher doses were ...