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Demadex (Torsemide)
$95.85$115.02Demadex (Torasemide) is a pyridine-sulfonylurea type loop diuretic mainly used in the management of edema associated with congestive heart failure. It is also used at low doses for the management...
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Lasix (Furosemide)
$126.00$151.20Lasix (Furosemide) is a loop diuretic used to treat high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, and swelling due to excess body water. It may also be used to treat other conditions as determined...
Diuretics
Diuretic: Anything that promotes the formation of urine by the kidney.
Diuresis may be due to a huge number of causes including metabolic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (in which the increased glucose level in the blood causes water to be lost in the urine); substances in food and drink (such as coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages); and specific diuretic drugs.
In medicine, diuretics are used to treat heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain kidney diseases. Diuretics alleviate the symptoms of these diseases by causing sodium and water loss through the urine. As urine is produced by the kidney, sodium and water - which cause edema related to the disease - move into the blood to replace the volume lost as urine, thereby reducing the pathological edema.

