Diuretics
**Introduction and Classification of Diuretics** **Diuretics**: Diuretics are the drugs which have the ability to increase urinary excretion of salt along with water acting over different part of nephron. Alcohol, digoxin, theophylline and water intake increase urine output. But these are not classical diuretics. They are called physiological diuretics. **Classification of diuretics:** **According to their site of action:** 1) Diuretics acting over proximal convoluted tubule (PCT): a) Carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors: ➤acetazolamide ➤Dorzolamide. ➤Methazolamide, ➤Brinzolamide. sparing Name the commonly Answer Clinically / commonly u 1) Frusemide. 2) Hydrochloro 3) Spironolacto 4) Indapamide. 5) Mannitol. 6) Acetazolamide Q. Why high ceiling Q. Discuss what you Q. Explain why Frys Answer High ceiling di diuresis. As they capat Example: Please write b o b) Osmotic diuretics: ➤Mannitol. ➤ Inulin. ➤Urea. ➤Glucose. ➤Sucrose 2) Diuretics acting over loop of Henle: (Loop diuretics) ➤ Frusemide/ furosemide. ➤Torsemide. ➤Bumetanide. ➤Ethacrynic acid. 3)Diuretics acting over early part of DCT: **Thiazide & related diuretics.** ➤Hydrochlorothiazide**.** ➤Indapamide. ➤Chlorothiazide. ➤Chlorthalidone. ➤Polythiazide. ➤ Metolazone. 4) Diuretics acting over collecting tubule: [K sparing diuretics] a)Aldosterone receptor antagonist: ➤Spironolactone. ➤Eplerenone. b) Na channel blockers: ➤ Amiloride. ➤Triamterene.
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Important topics of medical science.very much use in hypertensive patient. And wide variety of use of diuretics.very good writting...keep doing brother.
It is everyone's body and people cannot eat survive without it. Currently the number of people infected with is disease is increasing due to adulteration of food.
You Are Absolutely right Brother....if we make a Survey on It we caan see how many people Are suffering
I thing if we Search every Family we will be Find minimum a peoson who is taking the Drugs
why frusemide is called the high celing diuretics if you know the answer of the question please let me know it please
Frusemide is called so as they prevent reabsorption of about 25-30% GFR huge diuresis. As they capable of causing diuresis most amongst all diuretics, are called high ceiling diuretice
Thanks to share about diutetics with us. As it is an important life saving drug.
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You write about an important drugs which is an emergency drug so not only doctor also prople have to know about it. Really i like it.
Thiazide drug is also use as anti hypertensive drugs. So all about it detail will help us more.
Yes Sister i m Full agreed With your comment.in so many heart disease we have use diuretics
Yeah, but we have to more careful of its use in heart diseases. Precautions we have to need about these if you tell, ot will br helpful.
Please brother you tell us about the careful monitioring of diuretics as we have to maintain to prescribe it. Which drug is approveable at when??
Thanks For your precious comment Sister.in sha Allah i Will try to publishe morw on That
Welcome brother. I hope you write and never stop it for us.
Many of us eat diuretucs in our daily life, but we do not know about its effects.thanks For Writting on it
I'm really glad to know about this. Thank you very much for writing this article.please Write on Other common drugs
Great article on diuretic.I now have a good understanding about them........thank you