Diuretics
What do Diuretics do?
Remove extra fluid from the body
What can you eat to get potassium?
bananas
Antispasmodic drugs act to relax the smooth muscle in the wall of the urethra and bladder and allow normal what?
Urination
define Imuran?
Immunosuppressant given to renal transplant patients to prevent rejection of the donor kidney
What does Diuretics lower when taking?
Your blood pressure
Can cardiac arrhythmia be fatal?
Yes
what are the side effects medicine?
nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
What drug is used to treat Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy?
Proscar
Define Calcibind?
Used to prevent the formation of calcium kidney stones
What does diuretics flush out?
Salt
What kind of diuretics do people take that deplete potassium levels.
thiazide or loop diuretics
What causes a UTI?
gram-negative E. Coli a pathogen from the GI tract.
Urinary Tract Analgesic Drugs do what?
Relieve burning or painful urination.
Define Epoetin Beta?
Used to treat anemia in patients with chronic renal failure
Diuretics do what to your blood vessel walls?
relax and widen them to help blood flow through
what is a symptom of cardiac arrhythmia
Fatigue, heart racing, shortness of breath, chest pain, anxiety.
How do yeast infections happen?
antibiotics kill the good bacteria along with the bad bacteria.
Irritation in the urinary tract from infection can cause what?
reteral spasms, renal colic, spasm of the bladder, and urinary retention.
Define Antibiotics?
Kills bacteria and treats infections
you can lose potassium taking diuretics what can this cause?
cardiac arrhythmia.
Name one supplement of potassium
K-Dur; K-Tab; Micro-K
Give an example of a UTI medication.
Macrobid, Cipro, Cephalexin, Bactrim, Amoxicillin, and Doxycycline
What is the difference between regular UTI meds vs Sulfa drugs?
UTI meds kill the bacteria while sulfa drugs just inhabit the growth.
Define edema?
swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues