Spironolactone

[sue32]

Used for lymphoedema?? My aunty is prescribed this drug for heart failure!! She wondered if it would help with my lympho?? I think not!!! Seeing as lymph is not exactly water retention is it?!?! And she's a nurse!!!!

[Harveygirl]

Absolutely not. My mother had primary lymphoedema in both legs and was prescribed this drug for many years and it did NOTHING! It is used as a diuretic to treat water retention NOT lymphoedema. I think this is a case of the fairly common ignorance exhibited by some health professionals. Rather disheartening.

[sue32 in reply to Harveygirl]

I know!! Why do people think that lymphoedema is water retention?? XX

[harpy1]

*shakes head* tsk - that was one thing Prof. Mortimer reiterated at the LSN patient conference on Sat. NO to water tablets for lymphoedema! Honestly we have to be bloomin medics ourselves!

[lovesradio]

Aye, we need to become better and better informed so that we are the 'expert patients' but unfortunately a lot of medics think they know better!