Healio

Loop diuretic choice does not reduce all-cause death in HF: TRANSFORM-HF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — A treatment strategy of torsemide vs. furosemide did not improve long-term clinical outcomes for ...
MedPage Today

Furosemide Holds Up to Newer, Stronger Loop Diuretic During HF Hospitalization

CHICAGO -- The choice between furosemide and torsemide didn't matter for longer-term clinical outcomes of hospitalized heart failure patients, according to the comparative effectiveness trial ...
TCTMD

Loop Diuretics Are Heavily Prescribed Outside of HF: That’s a Problem

PRAGUE, Czechia—The number of people taking loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) may be many times higher than the number of HF patients on these meds, according to an analysis of ...
EurekAlert!

Weight loss drug linked with reduced need for diuretics in heart failure patients

Lisbon, Portugal – 13 May 2024: Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure ...
Healio

Diuretic use, dosing, monitoring varies in US hemodialysis practice

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a cross-sectional analysis, researchers examined 176,448 adults receiving center-based maintenance ...
News Medical

Semaglutide improves heart failure symptoms and reduces loop diuretic dose

Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Finerenone Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy in Heart Failure When Combined With Diuretics

Finerenone reduced heart failure events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with HFmrEF or HFpEF when used with diuretics. The study found finerenone reduced hypokalemia risk but increased ...