Lasix - Furosemide
Prescribed to rid the body of excessive fluid or edema, Lasix known generically as furosemide acts as a loop diuretic. It functions in a different area in the kidney than the more widely known thiazide diuretic hydrochlorothiazide. While thiazides find routine use in controlling high blood pressure, their effect appears weak in eliminating excessive body water.
Lasix functions principally to remove fluid retained due to compromised function of the heart, liver or kidney. Volume overload often interferes with lung function and regularly results in pulmonary edema and leads to shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and inability to lie flat at night.
Salt restriction must accompany furosemide therapy. Most people fail to realize that so many common foods, sauces, bread, pasta, cereal, condiments and processed meat contain excessive amounts of salt.
Lasix begins working quite rapidly and must not be taken before bed. Since food interferes with its absorption from the gut, ideal timing of the medicine is an hour before or two hours after breakfast.
The price of Lasix or its generic furosemide is a bargain at less than $15 a month.
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Thank you my dog was put on Lasix for congestive heart failure yesterday. The vet gave me 0 information. I really needed this. Now I am a well informed Mommy
@raniasham3176
Жыл бұрын
Hi hope you doing well.. are you still on Lasix for your CHF? And if you still on same does? Plz
I like this doctor I wish him a healthy beautiful life
Great video! Extremely informative. Lots of side effects and intetactions with this med.
Thanks for the info. This is extremely informative.
Thank you so much for your video. I really get alot of information from them. I take Lasix to remove excess flyid due to Lymphedema. I find it to be very useful but I also limit my salt and sodium intake which keeps swelling down too
I have been using lasix for years and in a v v high dose I haven't gone through any side effects
@AD-ye6mw
4 жыл бұрын
@Ambreen Immad Same here. I suspect persons don't follow all instructions with this drug. You must hydrate your body while using lasix. "Fluid loss" is not water loss, which is the bodies best form of hydration. But some persons assume that if the drink water they'll urinate more and that's far from true. So these effects occurred with me the two times I didn't drink lots of water to hydrate during and after the fluid loss.
Is there any extra precautions I need to keep in mind? My dog is diagnosed with Aortic Valve Regurgitation and is given Pimobendan, Furosemide and Amlodipine (CCBS drugs / calcium channel blockers drugs) by the cardiologist veterinarian.
TFS! 👍👍👍👍👍✌️❤️🇺🇸 great content!
Thank you very much for the Valuable for information I have a Ascites I stop taking the medicine three weeks ago I had a edema pretty bad and it went away after not taking this I need a lot of potassium in my potassium level is pretty high they prescribe me spironolactone 50 mg 40 twice a day and Lasix together i’m on a very low salt diet and eating very well what should I do I was diagnosed with cirrhosis or year ago since I stopped taking up I seem to pee more now and my kidney function is better should I continue taking this medicine or what should I do any suggestions anybody I had jaundice very bad and Adema but it went away due to quit drinking and a very good diet eating very healthy maintaining a great diet and exercising regularly I feel fine and labs are way better to almost normal But I still have a Ascites and they prescribed me lactuloseI stopped taking his medicines weeks ago because they were bloating sme up And I couldn’t urinate now I urinate more and I became very thirsty on this medicine I’ve been to the hospital to get really hydrated rehydrate it any suggestions is this medicine good for me
i am doctor and i gave lasix IV when patient have high blode prsure TA 220/140mmHg or IM when blode is TA 180/100 mmHg
It seems as though doctors really don't know what they're doing where Lasix is concerned. This guy is not the exception to the rule. I've stopped taking Lasix. Instead of reducing the swelling in my feet, Lasix does the opposite. I've found that taking Chelated Potassium by itself reduces the swelling in my feet and my heart area. Why would I want to take Lasix with all of its side effects when just taking chelated potassium and magnesium does the trick???
I don't think humans are capable of surviving in this world.
@Benyikoko
2 жыл бұрын
Why would you say that?
My doctor took me off of furosemide and put me on bumetanide and ever since my fuild retention had increesed more. What should I do about this?
I have a really bad case of water retention in my face and neck. I went to the doctor and he told me it looks like I've been drinking a lot, which is NOT the case? I rarely drink a glass of wine but my face is swollen. I asked him for this medication, to try, but he refused to give it to me. What can I do to get my face back into shape????
sir, my daughter was born w PDA . i m not ok w furosemide and Carospir, i really feel that my daughter s really writhing in pain when she cries ,she cries all the time mostly. we are really having a hart time . it s come to point where we just want to discontinue those two drugs. we r really upset n fed up , but we r afraid that if we stop giving that out to our daughter she ll have a heart prob right away. please i need suggestion.
Any alternative or natural medicine?
My other dog is on Gabapentin and Phenobarbital
1st informative and full of knowledge thanks
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