Lasix – effectively treats high blood pressure
May 14, 2011 Category :Uncategorized 0
Lasiks used to treat high blood pressure, this can help prevent heart attacks, strokes and kidney problems. This means is also used to reduce swelling / in the fluid retention (edema), which may arise as a result of diseases such as liver disease, heart failure, or kidney disease. It can improve such symptoms as breathing trouble. This facility belongs to a class of “water pill” (diuretic), it increases the amount of urine in your body that helps get rid of excess fluid.
At intravenous injection Lasix is able to rapidly reduce blood pressure, pulmonary arterial pressure, preload and the pressure in the left ventricular. Diuretic effect is already observed after 5 min., reaching a maximum within half an hour, the duration of diuretic period is about 2 hours.
At intake Lasix diuretic effect begins within the first hour, reaching a maximum after 1.5-2 hours, the duration of the effective period is about 7 hours.
In an organism Lasix is metabolized and removed, mostly in the urine in the form of a compound with glucuronic acid.