What do other patients take for HEART FAILURE/EDEMA?

iGuard.org has more than 13,650 users on treatment for HEART FAILURE/EDEMA. Learn more about what medications they are taking to treat heart failure/edema from the table below...

Commonly Used Medication Name*
(Hover mouse over name to see medication class)		 % of Patients Average Risk Rating Generic Patient-reported Severity
Lasix 52 % YES
Coreg 13 % YES
Prinivil 12 % YES
Dyazide 7 % YES
Acetyldigoxin < 5 % YES
Aldactone < 5 % YES
Vasotec < 5 % YES
Dyrenium < 1 % NO
Procardia < 1 % YES
Isosorbide < 1 % YES
Cordarone < 1 % YES

*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
EXAMPLE: 52 % of iGuard.org patients that use medications for HEART FAILURE/EDEMA regularly use Furosemide as part of their treatment.


Comments for HEART FAILURE/EDEMA

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The reason that 53% of heart failure patients use furosemide is probably that cardiologists don't usually tell patients that there are other equally if not better loop diuretics. If a patient feels that furosemide is not effective or the side effects are too much then they should ask their doctor about other options. Sadly, it may take a long time to convince the doctor to at least listen to you(I harped at mine for over a year),but that IS part of his job.

63 year old female
Posted: 2008-09-28 12:04:29     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

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