diuretic
water pill informal

A simple diuretic may do the job with the recommended changes in daily living.

She explained that the banned diuretic had entered her system as a result of taking a water pill to aid urination.

If that's not possible, you might consult your doctor about taking Daimox, a prescription diuretic that increases pulmonary capacity.

Metolazone and a loop diuretic will synergistically enhance diuresis over the use of either agent alone.

When taken during the premenstrual weeks, this diuretic may reduce bloating and breast tenderness by blocking the body's use of the hormone aldosterone.

Clorexolone is a low-ceiling sulfonamide diuretic.

When I typed Is Asparagus Diuretic into Google, I was surprised to see more than a million results, most claiming that it is.

In mild heart failure, metolazone or another diuretic may be used alone, or combined with other diuretics for moderate or severe heart failure.

An osmotic diuretic is a type of diuretic that inhibits reabsorption of water and Na.

Bumetanide (trade names Bumex or Burinex) is a loop diuretic of the sulfamyl category to treat heart failure.

Sometimes, changing from an intermittent dose of oral diuretic to an intravenous diuretic can lead to more effective elimination of excess fluid.

The stronger furosemide loop diuretic has a tendency to cause low potassium levels (hypokalaemia) that may be prevented by the potassium-sparing effects of amiloride.

Srividya N, Periwal S. Diuretic, hypotensive and hypoglycaemic effect of Phyllanthus amarus.

Spironolactone is a 'potassium-sparing diuretic' that is also used to treat low-renin hypertension, edema, hyperaldosteronism, and low potassium levels caused by other diuretics.

In 1957 a better diuretic was found, but only after a logical but circuitous investigation, described in detail by K. H. Beyer of Merck, Sharpe, and Dohme.

An increased diuretic had reduced her swollen feet and hands considerably, but when he went over her again he was disturbed to find that her pupils seemed widely dilated and unreactive to light.

Using this combination, diuretic effects will occur at two different segments of the nephron; namely, the loop diuretic will act at the loop of Henle, and metolazone will act at the distal convoluted tubule.

A thiazide-like diuretic is a sulfonamide diuretic that has similar physiological properties to a thiazide diuretic, but doesn't have the chemical properties of a thiazide, lacking the benzothiadiazine molecular structure.

If you take a diuretic, try taking it in the morning.

If taking a diuretic, you should stay on it until high blood pressure is under control.

An even more dangerous practice is to take a diuretic.

What did they put in the coffee that made it such a diuretic?

The first one is a diuretic; that should help keep your chest clear.

Your doctor may have you take a diuretic at home for several weeks following surgery.

A mild diuretic effect is seen only in heart failure.

Your doctor will likely have you take a high blood pressure medicine such as a diuretic.

In addition, the patients' cholesterol levels were about 15 percent higher when they took the diuretic.

He began taking a diuretic to remove the fluid, his office said.

It is also taken as a diuretic to increase urine production.

Follow your doctor's instructions on how often you should take the diuretic.

Asparagus seems to be acting like a diuretic in my body.

They may be combined with a diuretic in the same pill.

The group taking the diuretic experienced 14 such major events, for an incidence of 3.17 percent.

However, your doctor may start a medicine other than a diuretic as the first line of therapy if you have certain medical problems.

After another four weeks of treatment with diuretic alone the study treatments were crossed over.

Plain water is no use as it passes right through in the diuretic.

Besides being a diuretic, it can change a person's perception of heat.

It can be a diuretic, but typically only to those new to caffeine.

A. Coffee, as most people know, is a mild diuretic.

This medicine can be taken either alone or with other blood pressure medicines such as a diuretic.

Alcohol is a diuretic; it causes the body to lose water.

Some people use it as a diuretic to increase urine output.

Five patients were withdrawn after responding to diuretic treatment alone.