Diuretics are used to treat several conditions in medicine including heart failure, high blood pressure, liver disease and some types of kidney disease. The use of some diuretics is also indicated ...

Low-dose diuretics are recommended for the initial choice of antihypertensive therapy in the 7th US Joint National Committee report and are accepted as an appropriate choice among other classes of ...

The studies involved three types of diuretics: thiazide, potassium-sparing and loop diuretics, such as Lasix. Sixty-one percent of the participants were men with an average age of 59.

Diuretics, especially hydrochlorothiazide, are as effective when given as second-line therapy for high blood pressure as they are when used as initial treatment, according to the first review to ...

We investigate the associations of antihypertensive drugs in double and triple combination regimens comprising diuretics and/or β-blockers on the development of new-onset diabetes (NOD). This ...

Drug classes used as monotherapy for hypertension were shown to be comparable, although thiazide or thiazide-like diuretics were superior to ACE inhibitors, according to results from the LEGEND ...

PATHWAY-3 investigated this in 399 obese, hypertensive patients (mean age 61-63 years) who had an indication for diuretic treatment, and at least one additional component of the metabolic syndrome ...

Diuretics, medicine’s oldest blood pressure drug, cost just pennies a day. Some of the newest, most complex blood pressure drugs can cost up to 50 times more.

Potassium-sparing diuretics may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by up to 70%, a new study suggests. (Khachaturian A et al. <i>Arch Neurol</i>; published online before print March 13, 2006.) ...