How Dangerous Are Diuretics?

How Dangerous Are Diuretics?

Contributor(s):
Freis, Edward D.
Papademetriou, Vasilios
Drugs
Publication:
Adis International Limited, 1985
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hypertension
Antihypertensive Agents
Diuretics
Thiazides
Hypokalemia
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Articles
Abstract:
Throughout the 1980s, Freis felt compelled to defend the use of diuretics for use as an antihypertensive agent. Some researchers believed that diuretic-induced hypokalemia might bring about fatal arrhythmias, others felt that long-term use encouraged high cholesterol, and thus posed a risk of coronary artery disease. In this article, Freis and Papademetriou concluded that the accumulated evidence does not support the conclusion that thiazide diuretics increased cardiovascular risk.. NOTE: Some of the text is slightly skewed in the scanned copy.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
6 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584929X111 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
XFBBHK
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X111
Archival Collection:
The Edward D. Freis Papers (Profiles in Science)