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DIURETICS
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| Bendroflumethiazide | | For the treatment of high blood pressure and management of edema |
| Benzthiazide | | For the treatment of high blood pressure and management of edema |
| Bumetanide | | For the treatment of edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic and |
| Chlorothiazide | | Chlorothiazide is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and corticosteroid and estrogen therapy. It is also indicated in the management of hypertension either as the sole therapeutic agent or to enhance the effectiveness of other antihypertensive drugs in the more severe forms of hypertension. |
| Chlorthalidone | | For management of hypertension either as the sole therapeutic agent or to enhance the effect of other antihypertensive drugs in the more severe forms of hypertension. |
| Eplerenone | | For improvement of survival of stable patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction <40%) and clinical evidence of congestive heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction. |
| Furosemide | | For treatment and management of Hypertension; Oedema; Renal failure; Oliguria |
| Hydrochlorothiazide | | For the treatment of high blood pressure and management of edema |
| Torasemide | | |
| Torsemide | | For the treatment of hypertension, edema induced by congestive heart failure or renal disease and ascites assocated with hepatic disease |
| Triamterene | | For the treatment of oedema in congestive cardiac failure and renal and hepatic disease used with or without other diuretics to preserve potassium. |
| Trichlormethiazide | | Used in the treatment of oedema (including that associated with heart failure) and hypertension. |
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