what is lasix drug used for?
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Furosemide is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. Furosemide is used to treat edema (fluid retention; excess fluid held in body tissues) caused by various medical problems, including heart, kidney, and liver disease.
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Lasix is a type of “loop” diuretic while thiazides refer to a class of diuretics. Lasix is a brand name for furosemide. Examples of thiazide diuretics include chlorthalidone (Thalitone), hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide), and methyclothiazide.
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Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between Lasix and Zosyn. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist.
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A Lasix renal scan is a test that shows how well the kidneys are working and if there is anything blocking the urinary system. Pictures of the urinary system (kidneys, ureters or tubes connecting the kidneys to the bladder and bladder) are taken after a special medicine is injected into the veins.
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What is Lasix? Lasix, also known as furosemide and described as an anti-bleeding medication, is used by veterinarians in horse racing to prevent respiratory bleeding in horses running at high speed. Blood entering the lungs during high physical activity can cause a pulmonary hemorrhage and result in death.
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LASIX should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential risk to the fetus. Treatment during pregnancy requires monitoring of fetal growth because of the potential for higher birth weights.
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Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between heparin and Lasix. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.
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Levofloxacin injection is used to treat bacterial infections in many different parts of the body. It is also used to prevent an anthrax infection after inhalational exposure. This medicine is also used to treat and prevent plague (including pneumonic and septicemic plague).
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Alfuzosin is available as a generic drug and as a brand-name drug. Brand name: Uroxatral. Alfuzosin only comes as an extended-release oral tablet. Alfuzosin is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in adult men.
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Diuretics such as Lasix or Bumex are often used to treat the fluid retention that frequently occurs with pulmonary hypertension. While diuretics can improve dyspnea and edema (swelling), they must be used carefully since getting rid of too much fluid in patients with pulmonary hypertension can worsen cardiac function.
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Furosemide is a sulfamoylanthranilic acid derivative, also known as frusemide, and potent loop diuretic. Furosemide is widely used to treat hypertension and edema. This agent is highly bound to albumin and is largely excreted unchanged in the urine.
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Diuretics like bumetanide (Bumex) and furosemide (Lasix) are prescribed for lower extremity edema (swelling) and heart failure. Yep, you can take these. Glimepiride, glipizide, and glyburide are non-insulin medications that treat diabetes type 2. Yep, these are safe if you have a sulfa allergy.
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Ibilex is used to treat infections in different parts of the body caused by bacteria. Ibilex can be used to treat infections of the throat, tonsils, chest and lungs (respiratory tract), nose (sinusitis), ears (otitis media), skin, bladder and kidneys (urinary tract).
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Furosemide, sold under the brand name Lasix among others, is a medication used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure, liver scarring, or kidney disease. It may also be used for the treatment of high blood pressure. It can be taken by injection into a vein or by mouth.
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Furosemide (Lasix) is a potent diuretic (water pill) that is used to eliminate water and salt from the body. In the kidneys, salt (composed of sodium and chloride), water, and other small molecules normally are filtered out of the blood and into the tubules of the kidney.
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Furosemide is used in dogs and cats to promote diuresis and manage fluid retention. It is commonly used to treat pulmonary edema due to CHF. Other uses include diuresis in acute renal failure, management of ascites, hypercalcemia, or hyperkalemia.
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Aldactone is also used to reduce edema caused by certain patients with hyperaldosteronism. Lasix and Aldactone belong to different drug classes. Lasix is an anthranilic acid derivative used as a strong loop diuretic and Aldactone is an aldosterone receptor antagonist.