There is no dimmer switch. [1] This was the main message in a recent review from Anisman and colleagues, [1] about the use of loop diuretics in the management of edema.

2. Thiazide diuretics act on a different part of the kidney tubules but achieve the same result as loop diuretics: they cause the kidneys to increase the amount of salt and water in the urine.

Loop diuretics These include furosemide, bumetanide, ethacrynic acid, and torsemide, which are often used to treat heart failure, nephrotic syndrome or cirrhosis, and high blood pressure.

No association was found between loop diuretic use and lower arm or wrist fractures (HR=1.17; 95% CI, 0.97-1.41).

January 28, 2009 — Prolonged use, but not ever-use, of loop diuretics is linked to a higher fracture risk in postmenopausal women, according to the results of a study reported in the January 26 ...

In the 30% of the patients prescribed loop diuretics without an HF diagnosis who were men, undiagnosed heart failure would likely to explain their use, Cleland said. But fully 70% of patients who fit ...

For the present analysis, the researchers stratified 1,145 patients from both trials according to diuretic use: no diuretics (n = 220), non-loop diuretics only (n = 223), loop diuretics < 40 mg ...

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 ...

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 new report. However, prolonged use of ...

Loop diuretics increase the risk of secondary hyperparathyroidism in CKD patients, but concurrent use of thiazide diuretics attenuate that risk, data suggest according to a study that was ...