Most accepted pharmacologic treatments for heart failure are supported by evidence from large clinical trials. In contrast, evidence from large, well-controlled clinical trials to guide the use of ...

Diuretics are drugs that can increase the amount of water and sodium that is excreted in the urine. There are several classes of diuretics, each with a different mechanism of action. The main classes ...

Water pills are often prescribed to lower blood pressure and get rid of fluid retention in the body. (Photo Credit: Tetra images/Getty Images) Diuretics are also given if you have too much fluid in ...

In nine separate studies on four patients with severe pitting edema, aldosterone secretion fell during a 24-hour period of acute salt and water depletion induced by diuretics. These results contrast ...

Diuretics can help flush your body of excess water. Foods such as coffee, green and black tea, and parsley are natural diuretics. Diuretics are substances that increase the amount of urine you produce ...

Getting patients with acute heart failure (HF) decongested continues to be a vexing problem, with many people failing to shed enough fluid over the course of days, weeks, or even months despite the ...