Research suggests that taking the blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can help heart failure patients reduce their need for diuretics. Photo courtesy of Novo Nordisk People with heart ...

Lisbon, Portugal – 13 May 2024: Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure ...

To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 28, 2009 — Prolonged use, but not ever-use, of loop diuretics is linked to a higher fracture risk in postmenopausal women, according to ...

Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) appears to be no more effective than the "thiazide-like" diuretic metolazone at improving pulmonary congestion and fluid status in patients with acute heart failure (AHF), ...

Semaglutide reduces the need for loop diuretic use and dose, and has positive effects on symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dapagliflozin did not improve diuretic efficiency for patients hospitalized with acute HF. It did, however, ...

Acetazolamide added to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion within three days in patients with acute decompensated heart failure, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line ...

Thirst outcomes were investigated among patients with stable heart failure (HF), due to the limited data available on this relationship and how it, along with fluid and sodium intake, influences ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — A treatment strategy of torsemide vs. furosemide did not improve long-term clinical outcomes for ...

Adding acetazolamide to conventional loop diuretics can improve the rate of decongestion in hospitalized acute decompensated heart failure (HF) patients better than diuretics alone, according to data ...

Starting dapagliflozin (Farxiga) early during acute heart failure hospitalization didn't boost decongestion, although it appeared to spare loop diuretic doses and increase diuresis compared with usual ...