Diuretics

***Diuretic (diuretic) drugs*** are medications that increase the volume of urine excreted and reduce the water content in the blood or extracellular fluid. Urine produced after taking diuretics may contain high concentrations of salts, which can lead to dehydration. Therefore, when prescribing diuret

Diuretics are medications that help remove excess water and salts from the body, which leads to a decrease in blood pressure. They are used to treat various diseases associated with imbalance of water in the body, such as hypertension and edema. In addition, diuretics are used for toxic

Diuretics belong to a broad class of pharmacological agents. Their basis is the ability to accelerate the elimination of excess fluid and sodium salts from the body in the urine. There are loop, thiazide, osmotic, and potassium-sparing diuretics. The potassium-sparing group includes several representatives: spironolactone, triamterene, amiloride. All of them are prescribed for the treatment of kidney diseases, hypertension, accompanied by swelling.

The concept of diuretics is to reduce the total sodium concentration in the body by stimulating urine production. This process leads to dehydration, the removal of a small amount of water and sodium ions from the internal media of the body along with urine. However, the mechanism of action of individual drugs is somewhat different.

Loop diuretics have the largest list of diseases for which they are prescribed. They intensively remove urine from the blood, allow you to control blood pressure, so