debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
They make you pee, then you get dehydrated, they you drink liquids to replace the lost water. Someone explain their use.
I take losartan for high blood pressure.
Same thing with Beer....people spend good money on that stuff, then watch it go down the drain a couple of hours later.
The diuretic furosemide has the bad rep for raising sodium while lowering potassium.
Well for me, that's a good thing. I take losartan for high blood pressure. This really keeps my BP under control but one of the side effects is that it lowers sodium while raising potassium. Solution: doc added a small dosage of furosemide and lately blood chemistry shows that both electrolytes are within normal limits. Even with the diuretic I consume lots of table salt to aid the diuretic to keep the sodium up to normal.
Crazy, eh?Same situation here.