LASIX (FUROSEMIDE)

Lasix Information

Lasix is a popular medicine that is also generically known under the name of Furosemide. This medicine is a drug that belongs to a wide class of medicines called water pills (diuretics). Water pills or diuretics are medicines that are known to effectively decrease the amount of liquids that remain in the organism by gradually increasing the amount of water and salt that are regularly excreted through urine.

Lasix Indications

Lasix is a drug that is regularly prescribed to patients who are retaining dangerously high and unhealthy amounts of liquids in their organisms (this is known to regularly lead to swelling). Most patients who are in need of a treatment with Lasix are regularly also suffering from liver disease, congestive heart failure and kidney or renal disorders. However, Furosemide is a medicine that might also serve some other purposes other than the ones that have been listed here.

Lasix Warnings

A treatment with Lasix might not be recommended in the case of patients who are suffering from these medical conditions and problems:

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Allergic reactions to sulfa based medicines such as sulfa based antibiotics
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Gout

If you have any of the medical conditions that have been listed here, you might not be allowed to start using Lasix, or you might have to take in a lower dose of this medicine. Your personal physician might also want to regularly and closely monitor your treatment with this medicine to see how your organism responds to the treatment.

Lasix is a Category C FDA pregnancy medicine. Therefore, it has not been clearly determined whether a treatment with this medicine during pregnancy could harm a growing fetus or not. If you are pregnant, or if you think that you might become pregnant any time soon, you should ask your personal physician if you may start taking this medicine. It has been clearly determined that this medicine’s main ingredients are able to pass into breast milk. Ask your personal healthcare provider if you may follow a treatment with this drug while you are breastfeeding an infant.  

While you are following a treatment with Lasix, you should avoid consuming any type of alcoholic beverages. Ask a pharmacist for more information about this product.

Lasix Intake Guidelines

Ask your doctor to tell you how and when to take this drug. You can also rely on the instructions that are written on the drug’s label. If you need further explanations, you should ask a nurse, a doctor or a pharmacist. A dose of Lasix is usually accompanied by a glass of water. You can take your doses of this drug on an empty stomach, because it is not known to cause stomach upset. As Lasix is known to promote fluid excretion through the patient’s urine, it is best that you take this medicine in the morning, in order to avoid night time urination (That might cause insomnia). In order to get the maximum benefits from your treatment with this medicine you should take it on a regular basis.  

Do not stop your treatment with Lasix without your personal physician’s approval, as this might worsen your initial medical condition.

Lasix Dosage

Lasix Overdose

If you suspect that you are suffering from an overdose with this drug you probably are in need of immediate medical care / attention. Alert your personal healthcare provider and contact your local poison control centre. Lasix overdose symptoms are known to include:

• Weakness
• Muscle cramps
• Irregular pulse / heart beat
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Vomiting
• Confusion
• Nausea

Lasix Missed Dose

In order to get the most benefits from your treatment with Lasix, you should take it regularly. Do not take extra doses of this medicine without your physician’s approval.

For patients who have been prescribed to take just one dose of this medicine per day: If you miss one of your scheduled doses, you should take it as soon as you recall. If more than 12 hours have passed since you should have taken your dose, skip it and continue with your normal dosing schedule.

For patients who have been prescribed to take more than one dose of Lasix per day: You should take in the missed dose of this medicine as soon as you remember, as long as there are more than 2 hours to go until your next prescribed dose. If this is not the case, you must skip the dose that you have missed.

Lasix Side Effects

A treatment with Lasix is sometimes known to trigger some allergic reactions and side effects such as:

• Muscle cramps
• Increase in thirst
• Dry mouth
• Hypersensitivity to sunlight
• Constipation
• Nausea
• Jaundice
• Abdominal pain
• Ringing in the ears
• Bleeding
• Numbness in the feet or hands
• Low blood pressure

If you are experiencing any of the side effects that have been listed here, you should alert your personal physician as soon as possible. If any of these side effects become unbearable you should seek immediate medical care.

Lasix Drug Reactions

Avoid using the following medicines while you are treated with Lasix:

• Lithium
• NSAIDs
• Probenecid
• Diabetes drugs such as glipizide, glyburide, tolamizide and others.

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