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Dose of furosemide safe mg kg heart failure edema guidelines

Last July I flew from Houston to Lisbon, wore the same pair of sneakers for twelve hours, and landed with feet that looked like baguettes shoved into socks. My mother-in-law, retired nurse and self-declared “fluid police,” handed me a 20 mg tablet the size of a Tic Tac. “Take this, drink two glasses of water, […]

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Furosemide prescription dosage guidelines kidney edema heart failure

Last Tuesday, Maria from Tucson clocked out at the diner, ankles so puffy her sneakers left dents. She opened her phone, tapped “furosemide prescription,” and–while the city bus rumbled past–had a licensed cardiologist review her chart. By the time she iced her feet that night, the pharmacy around the corner had the diuretic ready. No […]

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Furosemide names brand generic international equivalents lists

Last Tuesday my neighbor Maria waved a white strip of tablets across the fence and yelled, “Is this the same stuff my old pillbox called Lasix?” Same drug, new wrapper–furosemide hiding behind a cheaper, store-brand coat. One look at the fine print saved her a double-dose mistake. Furosemide is the generic skeleton; everything else is […]

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