October 13, 2009 (Vancouver, British Columbia) — Diuretics, when given as second-line therapy to treat hypertension, reduce blood pressure (BP) to about the same extent as when they are used as ...

Over time, the retention of sodium leads to crackles, peripheral edema, hepatomegaly with ascites, increased blood volume, and increased cardiac filling pressures. Although diuretics do not directly ...

CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...

SQ Innovation, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its drug-device combination ...

Antihypertensive medications, particularly diuretics, can lead to increased fracture risk for older adults, so healthcare providers should weigh those risks when prescribing them, authors of a new ...

FDA has approved the new furosemide injection for treating edema in adults with chronic heart failure.Lasix ONYU was ...

The results of a new study published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure declared intravenous (IV) diuretics “safe and effective for outpatient volume ...

A new study published in the European Journal of Heart Failure reveals that the speed of lymph flow in the legs may determine ...

ACE inhibitors and ARBs have little to no effect on cholesterol levels. Older beta-blockers and high-dose diuretics may slightly raise LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol. These changes are ...