Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide

• Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide is used for the treatment of oedema and high blood pressure in adults.

When should one not use Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide

• If you are allergic to amiloride, furosemide, or any other ingredient of Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide.
• If you are allergic to sulfonamide or sulfonamide derivatives, like sulfamethoxazole. If you are not sure what these medicines are, please confirm with your doctor.
• If you have severe liver or kidney problems.
• If you are dehydrated, have a low blood volume, or are not passing any urine.
• If you have too little or too much potassium or sodium in your blood or are taking medicines that may change the amount of potassium in your blood.
• If you have a disease called Addison's disease.
• If you are under 18 years of age.

Common side effects of this drug are:

• Nausea
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Dehydration
• Rashes

Other General Warnings

• You are going to have a glucose test.
• You have gout, diabetes, liver, or kidney problems.
• You have blockage of the urinary tract or difficulty in passing urine.
• You are 65 years of age or older.
• You have low blood pressure or low blood volume.
• You have lower than normal protein levels.
• You are an elderly patient with dementia and are also taking risperidone.

How Does It Work?

Interactions with other medicines

• Some medicines can affect the way Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide works, or Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide itself can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines taken at the same time.
• Tell your doctor about all medicines, supplements, or herbals you are currently taking or might take to avoid any possible interaction.
• Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide should not be used with medicines that can change the amount of potassium in your blood like potassium supplements, potassium chloride, diuretics (triamterene).
• Care should be taken if you are using medicines to treat heart failure (digoxin), high blood pressure (ramipril, losartan), pain/fever (indomethacin, aspirin), mental illness (lithium, risperidone), diabetes (sitagliptin, metformin), asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (theophylline, salbutamol), muscle relaxants (d-tubocurarine), fits/seizures (phenytoin, aminoglutethimide), inflammation (corticosteroids), gastric ulcer (carbenoxolone), laxatives (bisacodyl), depression (reboxetine), fungal infections (amphotericin), cancer (methotrexate), gout (probenecid), bacterial infections (cefalexin).
• Sucralfate may reduce the effect of Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide and must not be taken together.
• Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide may increase the risk of hearing damage when used with aminoglycosides (gentamicin) or platinum-based anticancer medicines (cisplatin).
• The use of Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide with cyclosporine increases the risk of gouty arthritis.

Overdose

• The symptoms of overdose of Amiloride+Frusemide / Furosemide are dry mouth, thirst, muscle cramps, vomiting, dizziness, sleepiness. If you think you have taken too much of this medicine, contact your doctor immediately or visit the nearest hospital.

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