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A diuretic is any drug that elevates the rate of urination . There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, although each class of diuretic does so in a distinct way. High ceiling diuretics are diuretics that may cause a substantial diuresis - up to 20% of the filtered load of NaCl and water. This is huge, compared to that normal renal...

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You should be "peeing" a lot by now, but you need to be careful for this can mess up your electrolytes meaning sodium, potassium which can be very dangerous. It...

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How Diuretics inhibit the action of aldosterone??
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Some diuretics inhibit reabsorption of sodium and exchange of sodium and potassium in distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct by inhibiting the action of aldosterone. These subustances are also called...

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