Pills "Furosemide": the reviews are not always truthful

In our country, self-treatment is hardly a national tradition. Many people, after feeling unwell, going to the doctor and to the pharmacy, where to buy a drug that “helped the girlfriend”. One of the most popular drugs that buy without a prescription, is “Furosemide”. The reviews that are passed from mouth to mouth, give it almost magical properties. But is it harmless this medicine? Try to understand.

Tablets “Furosemide”. Readings

International and chemical name of the drug sounds: «Furosemide”. Substance derived from sulfonamides, is, as written in the instructions, the strongest diuretic or, simply, a strong diuretic. Active ingredient is furosemide and auxiliaries as are corn starch, stearat magnesium and lactic acid. They are added as much as is required for the formation of tablets. The drug ‘Furosemide" is intended exclusively for oral administration, therefore, is produced in the form of white or cream-colored tablets. Prescribed medicines for a variety of diagnoses. It acts effectively:

• As prevention of stagnation of the circulation, arising on the grounds of heart failure.
• In case of hypertension, the cause of which is cirrhosis of the liver.
• Swelling of the brain, the lungs of different origin.
• During premenstrual syndrome.
• Kidney failure (both acute and chronic).
• In eclampsia.

The Cure “Furosemide" (the doctors unanimous on this issue) helping to stop the crises caused by high blood pressure, administration of barbiturates. The doctor carefully selects the dose of the drug needed for a given patient. Sometimes even one pill, adopted without a purpose, can lead to serious consequences.

Contraindications and side effects

How is doing a drug "Furosemide"? Reviews experienced it for themselves say that very quickly. Even after taking just one pill, its effect lasts for about four hours. As a result, the body can dramatically decrease the level of potassium to decrease the amount of fluid inside cells. Often decreases the level of sodium. This, in turn, sometimes leads to vomiting, sudden dizziness, temporary loss of vision or hearing.

Among other side effects that sometimes cause drug “Furosemide" can be depression, a sharp drop in pressure, enhanced blood flow to any organ (this phenomenon is called "flushing"). Quite often the patient who took medicine “Furosemide" feels like his skin "run chills”, the skin is numb, losing sensitivity. As a result of frequent and copious urine separation can worsen gout, diseases related to the kidneys. Due to the possible occurrence of side effects some patients is strictly prohibited the use of tablets “Furosemide”. The doctors emphasize that medicine is contraindicated in:

• Obstruction of the urinary tract.
• Patients with glomerulonephritis.
• Suffering from violations of water-salt metabolism, gout, stenosis.
• Many patients with heart diseases.
• Diabetes.
• Children up to three years.

Overdose and interactions with other drugs

In case of overdose can occur irregular heartbeat, water-salt metabolism, decrease in blood volume. Perhaps a sharp pressure drop and fainting, it is a consequence of hypotension. The drug ‘Furosemide" can not be used simultaneously with lithium: it may cause severe toxic effect. The same result can give taking this medication and cardiac glycosides. The medication enhances the action of muscle relaxants. Is it possible to lose weight drink the drug "Furosemide"? The doctors completely refute the statements of devsec using this tool for weight loss. From him losing weight, and just lose water, which can be dangerous for your health.