Lasix: effectiveness, side effects, alternatives
Summary:
Lasix: furosemide
We study 198,441 Lasix users. The information eHealthMe analyzes includes:
- Effectiveness of Lasix- 31 alternative drugs to Lasix
- 9,748 Lasix 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 Lasix?
- Swelling - reported by 217 people
- Fluid retention - reported by 182 people
- High blood pressure - reported by 157 people
- Heart failure - reported by 156 people
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling - reported by 83 people
- Diuretic effect - reported by 33 people
- Pleural effusion - reported by 17 people
- Diuretic therapy - reported by 15 people
- Pulmonary edema - reported by 12 people
- Ascites - reported by 11 people
- Pseudotumor cerebri - reported by 9 people
- Fluid overload - reported by 8 people
- Water in diet - reported by 8 people
- Pulmonary hypertension - reported by 7 people
- Heart disease - reported by 7 people
- Oedema - reported by 7 people
- Weight loss - reported by 6 people
- Hypotension - reported by 6 people
- Heart attack - reported by 6 people
- Ph body fluid abnormal - reported by 5 people
- Cardiomyopathy - reported by 5 people
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter - reported by 5 people
- Meniere's disease - reported by 5 people
- Ph body fluid - reported by 5 people
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - reported by 5 people
- Injury - kidney and ureter - reported by 4 people
- Essential hypertension - reported by 4 people
- Congestive cardiomyopathy - reported by 4 people
- Heart disease congenital - reported by 4 people
- Stress and anxiety - reported by 4 people
- Hyperkalemia - reported by 3 people
- Dilated cardiomyopathy - reported by 3 people
- Heart block congenital - reported by 3 people
- Fluid imbalance - reported by 3 people
Alternative drugs to the conditions Lasix treats:
- Swelling
- Fluid retention
- High blood pressure
- Heart failure
- Foot, leg, and ankle swelling
- Diuretic effect
- Pleural effusion
- Diuretic therapy
- Pulmonary edema
- Ascites
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Fluid overload
- Water in diet
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Heart disease
- Oedema
- Weight loss
- Hypotension
- Heart attack
- Ph body fluid abnormal
- Cardiomyopathy
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter
- Meniere's disease
- Ph body fluid
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Injury - kidney and ureter
- Essential hypertension
- Congestive cardiomyopathy
- Heart disease congenital
- Stress and anxiety
- Hyperkalemia
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Heart block congenital
- Fluid imbalance
Compare Lasix with similar drugs, by side effects and effectiveness:
- Lasix vs. Advil
- Lasix vs. Aldactone
- Lasix vs. Aleve
- Lasix vs. Aspirin
- Lasix vs. Benadryl
- Lasix vs. Bumetanide
- Lasix vs. Bumex
- Lasix vs. Celebrex
- Lasix vs. Clobetasol propionate
- Lasix vs. Decadron
- Lasix vs. Demadex
- Lasix vs. Dexamethasone
- Lasix vs. Diclofenac sodium
- Lasix vs. Dyazide
- Lasix vs. Dyrenium
- Lasix vs. Hctz
- Lasix vs. Hydrochlorothiazide
- Lasix vs. Ibuprofen
- Lasix vs. Klor-con
- Lasix vs. Maxzide
- Lasix vs. Maxzide-25
- Lasix vs. Meloxicam
- Lasix vs. Methylprednisolone
- Lasix vs. Metolazone
- Lasix vs. Naproxen
- Lasix vs. Potassium chloride
- Lasix vs. Prednisone
- Lasix vs. Spironolactone
- Lasix vs. Spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide
- Lasix vs. Torsemide
- Lasix vs. Triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide
Common Lasix side effects:
- Breathing difficulty (16,882 reports)
- Fatigue (12,880 reports)
- Weakness (12,198 reports)
- Pneumonia (11,196 reports)
- Diarrhea (11,079 reports)
- Pain (10,881 reports)
Lasix side effects by duration, gender and age:
- Lasix side effects (196,377 reports)
Browse all side effects of Lasix:
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 Lasix interactions:
- Lasix and Aspirin (34,983 reports)
- Lasix and Coumadin (18,840 reports)
- Lasix and Prednisone (18,154 reports)
- Lasix and Lipitor (18,014 reports)
- Lasix and Lisinopril (17,887 reports)
- Lasix and Aldactone (15,781 reports)
- Lasix and Synthroid (15,402 reports)
- Lasix and Plavix (14,189 reports)
- Lasix and Lopurin (13,748 reports)
- Lasix and Allopurinol (13,734 reports)
Browse all interactions between Lasix 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 Lasix?
- You can start a phase IV clinical trial to monitor Lasix 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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