Furosemide: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Furosemide: furosemide
We study 276,833 Furosemide users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Furosemide- 19 alternative drugs to Furosemide
- 10,841 Furosemide side effects and drug interactions
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
Number of reports submitted per year:

How effective is Furosemide?
- Fluid retention - reported by 196 people
- Swelling - reported by 187 people
- High blood pressure - reported by 173 people
- Heart failure - reported by 137 people
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling - reported by 88 people
- Diuretic effect - reported by 41 people
- Diuretic therapy - reported by 18 people
- Pulmonary edema - reported by 16 people
- Blood pressure abnormal - reported by 15 people
- Blood pressure management - reported by 15 people
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter - reported by 13 people
- Left-sided heart failure - reported by 11 people
- Heart disease congenital - reported by 10 people
- Fluid overload - reported by 9 people
- Water in diet - reported by 9 people
- Ascites - reported by 9 people
- Stress and anxiety - reported by 7 people
- Cardiomyopathy - reported by 6 people
- Oedema - reported by 6 people
- Breathing difficulty - reported by 5 people
- Essential hypertension - reported by 5 people
- Congestive cardiomyopathy - reported by 5 people
- Pulse - reported by 5 people
- Lymphatic obstruction - reported by 5 people
- Heart attack - reported by 5 people
- Heart rate irregular - reported by 5 people
- Ph body fluid abnormal - reported by 4 people
- Weight loss - reported by 4 people
- Ph body fluid - reported by 4 people
- Bradycardia - reported by 3 people
- Arrhythmias - reported by 3 people
- Dilated cardiomyopathy - reported by 3 people
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - reported by 3 people
- Heart block congenital - reported by 3 people
- Abdominal bloating - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Furosemide treats:
- Fluid retention
- Swelling
- High blood pressure
- Heart failure
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling
- Diuretic effect
- Diuretic therapy
- Pulmonary edema
- Blood pressure abnormal
- Blood pressure management
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter
- Left-sided heart failure
- Heart disease congenital
- Fluid overload
- Water in diet
- Ascites
- Stress and anxiety
- Cardiomyopathy
- Oedema
- Breathing difficulty
- Essential hypertension
- Congestive cardiomyopathy
- Pulse
- Lymphatic obstruction
- Heart attack
- Heart rate irregular
- Ph body fluid abnormal
- Weight loss
- Ph body fluid
- Bradycardia
- Arrhythmias
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Heart block congenital
- Abdominal bloating
Compare Furosemide with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Furosemide vs. Aldactone
- Furosemide vs. Bumetanide
- Furosemide vs. Bumex
- Furosemide vs. Chlorthalidone
- Furosemide vs. Dyazide
- Furosemide vs. Edecrin
- Furosemide vs. Hctz
- Furosemide vs. Hydrochlorothiazide
- Furosemide vs. Hydrodiuril
- Furosemide vs. Klor-con m20
- Furosemide vs. Lisinopril
- Furosemide vs. Maxzide
- Furosemide vs. Maxzide-25
- Furosemide vs. Metolazone
- Furosemide vs. Nadolol and bendroflumethiazide
- Furosemide vs. Potassium chloride
- Furosemide vs. Spironolactone
- Furosemide vs. Torsemide
- Furosemide vs. Triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide
Common Furosemide side effects:
- Breathing difficulty (19,428 reports)
- Fatigue (14,970 reports)
- Diarrhea (13,530 reports)
- Hypotension (13,476 reports)
- Weakness (13,137 reports)
- Pneumonia (13,078 reports)
Furosemide side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Furosemide side effects (274,676 reports)
Browse all side effects of Furosemide:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zCommon Furosemide interactions:
- Furosemide and Aspirin (46,820 reports)
- Furosemide and Omeprazole (37,100 reports)
- Furosemide and Spironolactone (34,324 reports)
- Furosemide and Lisinopril (30,950 reports)
- Furosemide and Amlodipine (30,073 reports)
- Furosemide and Metformin (29,010 reports)
- Furosemide and Pantoprazole (27,220 reports)
- Furosemide and Allopurinol (26,567 reports)
- Furosemide and Prednisone (26,485 reports)
- Furosemide and Simvastatin (24,479 reports)
Browse all interactions between Furosemide and drugs from A to Z:
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y zDo you take Furosemide?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Furosemide safety and effectiveness.Who is eHealthMe?
With medical big data and proven AI algorithms, eHealthMe provides a platform for everyone to run phase IV clinical trials. We study millions of patients and 5,000 more each day. Results of our real-world drug study have been referenced on 600+ medical publications, including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature. Our analysis results are available to researchers, health care professionals, patients (testimonials), and software developers (open API).
Related publications that referenced our studies
- Ochoa PS, Fisher T, "A 7‐Year Case of Furosemide‐Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia", Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 2013 Jul .
How we gather our data?
Healthcare data is obtained from a number of sources including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This information is aggregated and used to produce personalized reports that patients can reference. Browse all drugs on eHealthMe.
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