Lasix

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What Is Lasix And What Is It Designed To Do In Order To Help Your Condition Improve?

The generic name for Lasix is Furosemide. It’s a form of loop diuretic (water pill) that’s able to stop the bod from absorbing a lot of salt. What this does is it enables salt to be disposed of by means of the urine. In addition to this, Lasix can also be used in order to help treat conditions such as fluid retention (edema) with people who have congestive heart failure, liver disease or a kidney problem like nephrotic syndrome. In the majority of instances this treatment is used in order to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).

What are some of the potential side effects you might be at risk of experiencing if you decide to take this medicational treatment?

 Allergic reactions: Difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat

 Ringing in your ears, hearing loss

 Confusion, drowsiness, problems with memory or speech

 Jaundice (dark urine, yellowing of the skin or eyes)

 Severe pain in your upper stomach spreading to your back

 Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, sweet or musty breath odor

 Pale skin, easy bruising or bleeding

 Sudden weakness or ill feeling, fever, chills, sore throat

 Signs of an electrolyte imbalance – dry mouth, increased thirst, mood changes, muscle pain or weakness, lack of energy, fast heartbeats, little or no urination

 Kidney problems – little or no urination, painful or difficult urination, swelling in your feet or ankles, feeling tired or short of breath

 Severe skin reaction – fever, sore throat, swelling in your face or tongue, burning in your eyes, skin pain followed by a red or purple skin rash that spreads.

What are some of the more common potential side effects a person might be at risk of experiencing if they use this medicational treatment?

 Numbness or tingling

 Headache

 Dizziness

 Blurred vision

Is there any over the counter option you can use if you’re someone who for whatever reason don’t want to use a prescription medication such as Lasix?

There are different over the counter options a person can use to treat some of the conditions Lasix is designed to, but none of them are going to work nearly as well as Lasix. If there’s a specific reason why you don’t feel confident about using Lasix after a doctor has decided it would work for you, then you need to voice your reasons why to them. If they feel like your reasons have any real validity then they might decide to give you something else.

If you’re going to drink anything when you decide to take Lasix, then is there any specific liquid that would be best and is there any liquid you should stay away from?

The best thing to drink would be water, because your body doesn’t have to work as hard in order to cleanse it the way it would have to with other drinks. You certainly don’t want to take it with alcohol. Water works best, but even here you should make sure you don’t drink too much just to be on the safe side.

When you take this medication is it going to cause you to have to use the bathroom a lot and if so why does this happen?

People who have a lot of excess fluid in them may find themselves going to the bathroom a lot when they use Lasix. These are people who have a chance to experience a large quantity of weight loss (water weight) in the first couple of weeks of using this. You might find yourself wanting to step on a scale while on it just to see if this is true for you when taking the medication.

When is the best time of day to take Lasix in order to ensure it provides the effect it’s supposed to?

The problem is if you take it at night, then you might find yourself having to go to the bathroom a lot which will make sleep hard. It’s because of this that taking it in the morning might be the better way to go, but this won’t work well for everyone.