A powerful, short-acting loop diuretic drug used to treat oedema (fluid retention) resulting from heart failure, nephrotic syndrome, or liver cirrhosis. It may be given by injection for emergency treatment of pulmonary oedema. Adverse effects can include rash and muscle pain.
Bumetanide is a strong loop diuretic which is active when taken by mouth. It acts quickly – within a half-hour – and its action is over in a few hours. (See THIAZIDES; DIURETICS.)
n. a quick-acting loop *diuretic used to relieve the fluid retention (oedema) occurring in heart failure, kidney disease, or cirrhosis of the liver. A possible side-effect is dizziness.
Drugs used in pulmonary oedema (excess ?uid in the lungs) caused by failure of the left VENTRICLE of the HEART. DIURETICS cause an increase in excretion of URINE, thus reducing the amount of ?uid in the body. Intravenous administration of loop diuretics relieves patients’ breathlessness. They work by inhibiting resorption of ?uid in the renal tubule loops of the KIDNEYS. Frusemide and bumetanide are commonly used loop diuretic drugs that act quickly and last for six hours so that they can be given twice in 24 hours without disturbing the patient’s sleep.... loop diuretics
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