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.

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with placebo, Wegovy improved HF symptoms and physical limitations in patients with obesity-related ...

Patients taking prescription potassium supplements together with loop diuretics for heart failure have better survival rates than patients taking diuretics without the potassium. Moreover, the degree ...

In a meta-analysis, researchers found no difference in all-cause mortality for intensive-care patients with fluid overload who were treated with loop diuretics, compared with those given a placebo or ...

Short-term 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 new report. However, prolonged use of ...

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...

Loop diuretics increase the risk of secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients, but concurrent use of thiazide diuretics attenuate that risk. Subjects on loop diuretics had a 2.4 times increased ...