Experiences with

Amiloride / Bumetanide

Diuretics are known to make RLS worse. It is thought that this is a result of the fact that it lowers potassium. Busunsc713 pointed out that there are potassium sparing diuretics. So my questions for anyone taking a diuretic. 1) is it a potassium sparing one - triamterene, spironolactone, eplerenone,

I recently had my first face-to-face appointment with my cardiologist since before lockdown. My heart failure symptoms have worsened significantly in the past couple of months. The doctor said all he had available to help was to increase the dosage of Eplerenone and Bumetanide. That was almost two weeks

I'm at the gym working out on cardio & weights finishing with Treadmill 20 minute's walk start with 30 minute x-trainer burning 800 plus calories it Say's but I can't shift the weight, I'm staying between 145 kgs to 149 kgs consistently I've been trying for years, I put weight on from 2017 I'm on 4 different

Hi there! My octogenarian mum finally saw the Rheumatologist again since last Nov. Nov23 she had a serious Raynaud's attack pre-diagnosis. We had no idea what we were dealing with and though her fingertips were ischaemic with some necrosis they were saved with 5 days emergency iloprost. Fast forward

Hello Results of my Holter shows the following Mean Heart Rate on 10mg Bisoprolol 56 bpm and Nocturnal sinus Bradycardia average 44 bpm. Recording showed frequent multimorphic ventricular ectopics occuring as Singles, Couplets, Triplets, and runs of Ventricular Bigeminy However the overall Ventricular

Today I got a new med to add to the dolly mixtures. Asprin 75mg, Eplerenone 25mg,Dapagliflozin 10mg, Entresto 49/51mg split take one morning one evening,Lansoprazole 20mg, Pravastatin 20mg at Night, Finasteride 5mg, Drum roll 7.5mg Bisoprolol increased today to 10mg 1.25 mg Morning, 7.5mg Lunchtime

I have just started taking 2 x1mg in the morning. Lots of trips to the loo and some cramps in my hands. It has been prescribed to help breathlessness related to heart failure. Would like to know other people’s experience and if it would be better to take later in the day. My blood pressure is a bit

Hi everyone I hope you’re all as well as can be expected. I had my cardiology apt today with my heart failure cardiologist. I took along my eldest daughter, well she drove me there and my blood pressure was high. We did have a laugh about it as my blood pressure is usually quite low. I was seen straight

Can anyone advise me please regarding Hydrocortisone tablets? I take 1- 10mg in the morning +5 mg at lunchtime for an Adrenal gland problem, I was wondering if there is an alternative steroid that I could take in place of Hydrocortisone, as I have been on Hydrocortisone for quite some time now and my

I am on Bumetanide twice daily for mild heart failure. We all know what it does but in this weather we are encouraged not to become dehydrated. I am drinking loads of fluids but should I expect more or less loo trips under these circumstances. Still no rain here.

Hi, Wether I use gym or go Mtn Cycling my weight stays roughly the same between 138 kgs at best to 151 kgs the heaviest, I'm baffled how it fluctuates so much and I use smart scales, I'm 6'1 and have around a 42 BMI which doest alter much so come in as morbidly obese, I'm on blood pressure tablets and

Hi All, Has anyone experience complete loss of apetite with heart failure. I hava an ejection fraction of 24%. Abdomen showed just stomach swelling. Currently taking candersarten and bumetanide (water pill). Betablockers have no suited.

I have severe COPD, just wondering if anybody with this condition suffer with swollen legs, mainly the right leg & feet. Dr thought it maybe due to blood clot, had the test & no sign of a clot.I'm wondering if because of my lack of mobility is what is causing it as so short of breath to do much walking

Thank you all again who kindly answered me regarding my Aspergillus problem and the dreadful swelling of my feet and ankles, I contacted my GP as some of you had advised and I had my water tablets changed from Furosemide to Bumetanide 1mg tablets,1tablet twice per day, I just hope that those water tablets

My understanding of being prescribed Eplerenone is that it is a potassium sparing diuretic (stops any potassium being expelled from the body) to be taken alongside the Bumetanide which is a diuretic that expels all excess fluid. I was previously prescribed Spironolactone -another slightly stronger potassium

Any tips for reducing oedema in legs except for diuretics ? Although I get up often,it’s only briefly due to pain from #s lumbars 1-5 & T13.I live on recliner sofa,legs up most of the day re pain, and overnight legs up on two pillows. Seems to be getting worse and more often,few days on Bumetanide sorted

I am on 6mg of Bumetanide daily. My Doc says this is quite high but NHS online has it safe between 1mg and 10mg Is anyone else on 6 mg?

So after 4 years A F free, the mongrel has returned. I am so upset 😡 😫 😪 and contacted my HF Nurse who has cut down my spironolactone to every other day as i have also been getting light headed and woozy. She has also reduced my Bumetanide from 4 to 3 daily. My Consultant has stopped my Bisoprolol

Here two studies with positive results using Bumetanide for Parkinson: A) n=4 Bumetanide 5mg x 2 months https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26757306/ B) n=6 Bumetanide 1mg x 3 months https://www.jns-journal.com/article/S0022-510X(19)31657-0/fulltext BA Therapeutics is on France doing news studies

https://scienceofparkinsons.com/2018/04/24/bumetanide/#more-50243