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Diuretic Use and Risk of Vertebral Fracture in Women

December 19, 2016 Comments Off

  Vertebral fracture is the most common type of osteoporotic fracture. While thiazide diuretics, which are commonly prescribed for the treatment of hypertension, decrease calciuria, they may also induce hyponatremia, which has been associated with increased vertebral fracture risk. Loop diuretics increase calciuria, which would reduce bone mineral density and increase vertebral fracture risk, but […]

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Clinical Research, Osteoporosis
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Hypertension, Diuretic Use, and Risk of Hearing Loss

April 19, 2016 Comments Off

Background Hearing loss is highly prevalent among adults in the United States. Hypertension also is common and often treated with diuretics. Hypertension may increase the risk of hearing loss by decreasing vascular supply to the stria vascularis. Use of thiazides has been anecdotally associated with hearing loss. In small studies, furosemide use has been associated […]

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Clinical Research, Drugs, hearing loss, hypertension
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