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Furosemide is a potent diuretic which, if given in excessive amounts, can lead to a profound diuresis with water and electrolyte depletion. Therefore, careful medical supervision is required and dose schedule must be...
Parenteral therapy should be reserved for patients unable to take oral medication or for patients in emergency clinical situations.
Parenteral therapy with Furosemide Injection, USP should be used only in patients unable to take oral medication or in emergency...
Furosemide is contraindicated in patients with anuria and in patients with a history of hypersensitivity to furosemide.
In patients with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites, furosemide therapy is best initiated in the hospital. In hepatic coma and in states of electrolyte depletion, therapy should not be instituted until the basic...
Adverse reactions are categorized below by organ system and listed by decreasing severity.
The principal signs and symptoms of overdose with furosemide are dehydration, blood volume reduction, hypotension, electrolyte imbalance, hypokalemia and hypochloremic alkalosis, and are extensions of its...
Furosemide is a diuretic which is an anthranilic acid derivative. Chemically, it is 4‑chloro-N-furfuryl-5‑sulfamoylanthranilic acid.
Furosemide...
Investigations into the mode of action of furosemide have utilized micropuncture studies in rats, stop flow experiments in dogs and various clearance studies in both humans and experimental animals....
Furosemide Injection, USP 10 mg/mL is supplied as follows:
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