Experiences with

Amiloride / Furosemide

Every so often, I see a paper which seems odd enough to be interesting despite having no obvious application, at least not in the foreseeable future! [i]Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 Sep 5;174480. doi: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174480. Online ahead of print. Pharmacological significance of extra-oral taste

Hello! Is fluid retention a side effect of xarelto? I have started taking xarelto two weeks ago and I have started to swell in my belly and ankles. I'm on furosemide and spironolactone since years, and the fluid has always been under control. The last few days it seems like I'm getting bloated, and last

Hi, I've recently been diagnosed with alcohol related cirrhosis. Had a long conversation with my consultant last week and apparently I'm at stage A which is quite good to hear. I have a gastroscopy booked for 26th to check for varices and will be having a bone scan, vitamin check and tests to check

I am on Furosemide (40mg per day) which did sort out my water retention amd ankle swelling. However, (Ihate that word) for the past four months have again been suffering from ankle swelling which appears to be evident only to how many hours I am on my feet and hw much hard work I do in that period and

After manoeuvring my way through Travel Insurance/Special Assistance/hiring wheelchair as I have AF and heart failure. On the 2nd day I seized up completely with Sciatica and had to be wheeled to the nearest clinic to be left after 3 injections and £400 bill which was worth it Will try and claim some

Had bloods taken February and Ultrasound March and am awaiting results. I gave up alcohol in February which I haven't found too difficult. The sonographer told me quite a bit, apparently pancreas, kidneys, spleen and gall bladder seem to be okay. There is some scarring on my liver but he said he'd seen

I can't find the latest post. Dad2Cue was the last poster with an interesting medical article on this. It got me thinking and I prepared this response. i am posting this for others reaction. Interesting read D2C. It confirms my own observations of what has happened to me. If I may summarize in plain

For the women on this site of a certain age, I take warfarin plus other medications but recently was prescribed frusemide for breathlessness, after approx two weeks I have bleeding, not a lot just blobs from the vaginal area plus a slight nose bleed, has anyone else had this and is it serious? Supposed

I was changed from 40mg Furosemide to 1mg Bumetanide in Feb last year and had increasing lightheadedness feeling walking on bubble wrap pressure and noises in both ears and neck and head stiff. I asked for tablet be changed or halved and was told I had benign vertigo to keep taking tablets they won’t

I have been on the same medication since Feb 2020, never the doses or my case reviewed with the exception of an appointment with a Cardiologist in July 2020. Dealing with my GP surgery and getting any response from them is hard work, however and before contacting them I wanted to check with others how

What side effects can I expect from furosemide

Dear All, Hope your breakfasts are finished and your day is progressing well. So I am having problems with water retention, I am being monitored by my heart failure nurse { still hate that title } I wondered how many of you suffer from this now and especially after your operations. I never { well I

What a ridiculous day. Thought maybe some of you could laugh at this too. As you know we do get edema with CKD. My PCP had me start wearing compression socks to help with edema in ankles and feet. I was wearing a pair of my holiday compression socks with candy canes today. I've worn them and washed

I am absolutely gutted that having waited two months for a telephone appointment with a Cardiologist at Barts today, that my phone died when he called me. I immediately phoned back on my wife's phone and spoke to the clinic secretary asking if he could call back on her phone but unfortunately having

Have been given furosemide tablets as I have developed severe breathlessness upon any movement,I am having blood tests and heart trace next week, plus further investigation at hospital. Has anyone else had this problem caused by AF, as doc surmises. Any help would be appreciated, I cannot walk more than

Hello to everyone, I've been a silent member of this group for a few weeks and I have found your posts really helpful. I have decided that now is the time to share with you the story so far with my partner and his diagnosis of alcohol related liver disease. He's 43 years old and he's been a daily drinker

Am on 10mg isisorbide twice a day, bisoprolol 10mg once a day, furosemide 40 mg , atorvastatin 80mg, and edoxaban 60mg. Feel really well after many adjustments, but am getting really melting sweats all day and evenings, but not all of the time?? Sometimes am really hot, but have cold clammy skin too,

My partner has depression, end stage liver disease and cirrhosis. Recently he suffered a mental break and has now not taken any of his tablets for over two weeks. Normally he drains 17 litres of ascites fluid every seven days. The last two weeks he has drains 8 litres He had been taking furosemide,

Hello everyone! First time posting, I hope someone can help me 🙂 I have restrictive cardiomyopathy since I was born, and because of that I suffer of heart failure. I also got liver cirrhosis since a few years but it's under control. In the last year I've started feeling really nauseous and dizzy at

did anyone write about the side affects of Furosemide. I read somewhere that their lower back and legs had started paining them as mine have like wise and i feel as though my kidney's and bowels are inflamed. Just wanted some ammunition before speaking to the G.P.