Test2: Wk7: 5 Diuretics - Rankin Flashcards
3 uses of diuretics
- mobilize fluid
- excrete fluid (edema, extracellular fluid)
- excrete electrolytes
6 Classes of Diuretics
- carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
* 2. thiazides and related agents
* 3. loop diuretics
* 4. potassium-sparing diuretics - osmotic diuretics
- miscellaneous (xanthines, ethanol)
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors prototypic drug is
acetazolamide
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors MOA
inhibit carbonic anhydrase
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors uses
open angle glaucoma
prophylaxis of acute mountain sickness
not normally used as diuretic
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors Adverse Effects
metabolic acidosis, hypokalemia,
drowsiness, tingling of extremities
Thiazides prototypic agents
chlorothiazide (Diuril)
hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril, others)
polythiazide (Renese)
Thiazides related drugs
chlorthalidone (Hygroton)
metalozone (Diulo)
indapamide (Lozol)
Thiazides MOA
inhibition of sodium-chloride cotransporter on the luminal membrane of distal tubular cells
Thiazides urine composition: increase excretion of
Na, K, HCO3, H2O
Thiazides urine composition decrease excretion of
Ca
Thiazides therapeutic uses (5)
hypertension CHF, cirrhosis Hypercalciuria Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus Nephrotic Syndrome
Thiazides Adverse Effects (7)
- Hypokalemia
- hypercalcemia
- Hyperuricemia
4Hyperglycemia - Hypovolemia
- Hypersensitivity to sulfonamides
- increased LDL, cholesterol and TG
most effective diuretics
Loop
Loop Dietetics prototypic drugs (4)
Furosemide (Lasix)
Bumetanide (Bumex)
Torsemide (Demodex)
Ethracrynic Acid (Edecrin)