The introduction of diuretics now provided a means to flush extra fluid out through the kidneys.

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Factors associated with increased serum uric acid levels, such as increased alcohol consumption and purine intake, or use of diuretics, were associated with increased risk for recurrent gout attacks.

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The coroner said he told Mr Booth it was "quite right and proper" for him to campaign to make people aware of the dangers of diuretics and laxatives, which are widely available in pharmacies.

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At the inquest, held at Liverpool's Coroner's Court, consultant pathologist Dr Charles Burrows said the low levels of potassium found in Miss Booth's body could be related to the amount of diuretics and laxatives she took.

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The article presents a study that compares different ways of using water pills, or diuretics, for the treatment of patients hospitalized with heart failure.

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They use the device's readings to refine the dosage of Swenson's diuretics twice monthly.

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Treatments such as diuretics (which speed up the elimination of water and salt), beta-blockers (which cause the heart to beat more slowly and less forcefully) and ACE inhibitors (which stop the production of water-attracting chemicals) have long been available.

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The early diuretics replaced a brutal way to eliminate excess fluid through the use of tubes that were placed below the skin of swollen, edematous tissue to relieve the pressure.

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Exuberant Australian spinner Shane Warne was another to fall foul of a drug ban, only his was not a herbal substance but the diuretics hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride normally used to aid temporary weight loss.

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