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 ...

A new study has revealed that patients who develop hyponatremia soon after starting thiazide diuretics face a higher risk of ...

Instead, a different type of medication called thiazide diuretics may work better and cause fewer side effects. Doctors have ...

Potassium-wasting diuretics, such as furosemide and the thiazides, and other drugs that waste potassium, such as amphotericin B, may enhance the potassium-wasting effect of corticosteroids.

The antihypertensive drugs applied for adjustment were diuretics (thiazides, thiazide-like agents and loop diuretics), β-blockers, vasodilators (calcium-channel blockers and α-blockers) and inhibitors ...

Taking thiazides with vitamin D can also cause higher calcium levels (hypercalcemia). The risk for hypercalcemia is higher in older adults or people with kidney disease. The risk of interaction is ...

Uric acid is a waste product found in urine. If your body makes too much or doesn't eliminate enough of it, uric acid levels can become too high—a condition known as hyperuricemia. High uric acid ...

Oncogenesis is the process through which healthy cells become transformed into cancer cells. It is characterized by a series of genetic and cellular changes, including oncogene activation, that ...

Heart failure (HF) and frailty often coexist. However, it is unknown how the interplay between HF and frailty at HF onset impacts prognosis of frail patients with HF and how this has evolved over time ...