Diuretics

Diuretics are a class of medicines that increase the production of urine in the organism. There exist several types of diuretics. All of them enhance the emission of water from the organism, but every category of diuretics acts in its own way. In pharmacology diuretics are applied to heal liver cirrhosis, heart failure, hypertension and particular kidney illnesses. Several diuretics, for example, acetazolamide, assist the organism in making the urine more alkaline, as well as help to enhance emission of components as aspirin, if an overdose has happened. Diuretics are commonly taken by people who are exposed to eating disorders, particularly bulimics, who try to lose kilograms. One of the commonly taken for this aim is Lasix.

The ability of some diuretics to affect hypertension (especially loop diuretics) doesn't depend on their ability to provide urine excretion. This means that blood pressure lowering is not the result of lessened blood amounts (which came from enhanced urine excretion) but happens through other technologies and using lower dosages than needed to cause excess urine production. Indapamide has been particularly worked out for this purpose and its therapeutic abilities to treat hypertension (without causing diuresis) are wider than those of other remedies.