Bumetanide: profile and news






Membrane trafficking and the regulation of NKCC2  Feb 9, 2006
Primary structure, functional expression, and chromosomal localization of the bumetanide-sensitive Na-K-Cl cotransporter in human colon. ... - AJP-Renal Physiology

Increased Serum Creatinine More Likely when Nesiritide is Combined ...  Nov 16, 2005
High-dose diuretic use was defined as a maximum daily dose of furosemide 160 mg or greater, bumetanide 4 mg or greater, torsemide 80 mg or greater, metolazone ... - DG News

Alternative renin regulatory pathways and the NKCC1 isoform  Nov 8, 2005
Yang T, Huang YG, Singh I, Schnermann J, and Briggs JP. Localization of bumetanide- and thiazide-sensitive Na-K-Cl cotransporters along the rat nephron. ... - AJP-Renal Physiology

An existing diuretic may suppress seizures in newborns  31 Oct 2005
A diuretic drug called bumetanide may serendipitously help treat seizures in newborns, which are difficult to control with existing anticonvulsants, according ... - EurekAlert (press release),

Jan de Vries: Is there an alternative to taking steroids for life?  Mar 14, 2005
QI am being treated for fluid retention using Bumetanide but I would like to use an alternative diuretic. What would you suggest? ... - Belfast Telegraph,

Jan de Vries: Is there an alternative to taking steroids for life?  14 Mar 2005
QI am being treated for fluid retention using Bumetanide but I would like to use an alternative diuretic. What would you suggest? ... - Belfast Telegraph,


Other information


Indication
For the treatment of edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic and renal disease including the nephrotic syndrome

Pharmacology
Bumetanide, a sulfonamide-type loop diuretic structurally related to furosemide, is used to manage hypertension and edema associated with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, and renal disease, including the nephrotic syndrome. Bumetanide inhibits sodium reabsorption in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle.

Mechanism Of Action
Bumetanide interferes with renal cAMP and/or inhibits the sodium-potassium possibly sodium in the ascending loop of Henle, altering electrolyte transfer in the proximal tubule. This results in excretion of sodium, chloride, and water and, hence, leads to diuresis.

Drug Category
Diuretics; ATC:C03CA02

Brand Names/Synonyms
B3023; Bumetanida [Inn-Spanish]; Bumetanide; Bumetanide [Usan:Ban:Inn:Jan]; Bumetanidum [Inn-Latin]; Bumex; Burine; Burinex; CHEMBANK404; EI-168; Fontego; Fordiuran; Lixil; Lunetoron; PF 1593; Segurex; [Inn-Spanish]

Dosage Forms
TABLET

Absorption
Not Available

Interactions
Interactions for Bumetanide:

1. Drugs with ototoxic potential: Especially in the presence of impaired renal function, the use of parenterally administered bumetanide in patients to whom aminoglycoside antibiotics are also being given should be avoided, except in life-threatening conditions.

2. Drugs with nephrotoxic potential: There has been no experience on the concurrent use of bumetanide with drugs known to have a nephrotoxic potential. Therefore, the simultaneous administration of these drugs should be avoided.

3. Lithium: Lithium should generally not be given with diuretics (such as bumetanide) because they reduce its renal clearance and add a high risk of lithium toxicity.

4. Probenecid: Pretreatment with probenecid reduces both the natriuresis and hyperreninemia produced by bumetanide. This antagonistic effect of probenecid on bu-metanide natriuresis is not due to a direct action on sodium excretion but is probably secondary to its inhibitory effect on renal tubular secretion of bumetanide. Thus, probenecid should not be administered concurrently with bumetanide.

5. Indomethacin: Indomethacin blunts the increases in urine volume and sodium excretion seen during bumetanide treatment and inhibits the bumetanide-induced increase in plasma renin activity. Concurrent therapy with bumetanide is thus not recommended.

6. Antihypertensives: Bumetanide may potentiate the effect of various antihypertensive drugs, necessitating a reduction in the dosage of these drugs.

7. Digoxin: Interaction studies in humans have shown no effect on digoxin blood levels.

8. Anticoagulants: Interaction studies in humans have shown bumetanide to have no effect on warfarin metabolism or on plasma prothrombin activity.



Chemical IUPAC Name
3-butylamino-4-phenoxy-5-sulfamoyl-benzoic acid

Chemical Formula
C17H20N2O5S

Half Life
1 - 1.5 hours

Drug Type
Approved Drug

# Accession No
APRD00294

CAS Registry Number
28395-03-1

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