Re: Healthy Heart & Kidneys so why diuretics?
Decreased urine output is defined as producing less than 500 milliliters of urine in 24 hours. This would also all depend on what fluids you drink in that period as well.
Here is a link to some information about the subject:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 003147.htm
I am guessing that you are on a Diuretic as you don't actually say that you are. There can be many reasons why you were prescribed them. Depends on what you were put on them for........sometimes they are used as a preventative measure. There are also more than one type of Diuretic's.
Diuretics have different clinical uses depending on their sites and mechanisms of action. The sub-classes of diuretics are:
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Thiazides (bendroflumethiazide, chlortalidone, metolazone) are used mainly in low dose in the treatment of hypertension but also, in combination with loop diuretics, to treat severe heart failure.
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Loop diuretics (furosemide, bumetanide, torasemide) are widely used for the symptomatic treatment of heart failure.
3.
Potassium-sparing diuretics (amiloride, triamterene) are weak diuretics, most often prescribed in combination with thiazides or loop diuretics to prevent hypokalaemia.
4.
Aldosterone antagonists (spironolactone, eplerenone) are used in the treatment of the oedema of liver failure, malignant ascites, nephrotic syndrome and heart failure.
5.
Osmotic diuretics (mannitol) are used in a hospital setting for the treatment of cerebral oedema.
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Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (acetazolamide) are used for the prophylaxis of mountain sickness (unlicensed) and glaucoma.
You should see your GP for review of your Meds and see if they really are needed in your case.
Ken