Diuretics and Vitamin B,: Are Diuretics a Risk Factor for Thiamin Malnutrition?

How dangerous are diuretics?

The proposal that thiazide diuretics may increase cardiovascular risk receives no support from recent data. Current evidence does not indicate that diuretic-induced hypokalaemia is associated with increased ventricular arrhythmias. This evidence includes continuous electrocardiographic monitoring--which is the most sensitive technique for quantitating cardiac arrhythmias. In contrast to earlier...

Diuretics in the Clinic

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Diuretics for hypertension.

A67-year-old African-American woman was referred to a hypertension specialty clinic for refractory hypertension and intermittent hypokalemia. Evaluations for primary aldosteronism and renal artery stenosis were negative; plasma renin was low. She had been hypertensive for 15 years. Most recently, she had taken chlorthalidone 25 mg, amlodipine 5 mg, and metoprolol 50 mg twice daily. She was not ...

Diuretics: a review.

Thiazide diuretics and the risk for hip fracture.

BACKGROUND Since most hip fractures are related to osteoporosis, treating accelerated bone loss can be an important strategy to prevent hip fractures. Thiazides have been associated with reduced age-related bone loss by decreasing urinary calcium excretion. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between dose and duration of thiazide diuretic use and the risk for hip fracture and to study the co...