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What is Furosemide?

Furosemide is used to reduce the swelling and fluid retention caused by various medical problems, including heart or liver disease. It is also used to treat high blood pressure. It causes the kidneys to get rid of unneeded water and salt from the body into the urine.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Edema (fluid retention) 162 22 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 52 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Edema in lower extremities 41 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 25 1 Efficacy_moderate
Elevated blood pressure 21 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Water retention 19 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 442 patients currently taking Furosemide

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 2
Moderate
 10
Mild
 19
None
 39

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Furosemide

Urinary frequency 8
Low potassium (hypokalemia) 3
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 2
Joint pain 1
Sweating excessive 1
Hives (urticaria) 1
See all 19 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Furosemide. See all 30 dosages ►

  daily 20mg as needed 40mg as needed 10 mg daily 20 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 80 mg daily 120 mg daily 160 mg daily
  5 Number of Patients: 5 22 Number of Patients: 22 15 Number of Patients: 15 18 Number of Patients: 18 124 Number of Patients: 124 163 Number of Patients: 163 6 Number of Patients: 6 58 Number of Patients: 58 11 Number of Patients: 11 10 Number of Patients: 10  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Furosemide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 22   Course of treatment ended: 35%
Other 20   Other: 32%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 27%
Side effects too severe 8   Side effects too severe: 13%
Did not seem to work 6   Did not seem to work: 10%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 61 patients who’ve stopped taking Furosemide

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Furosemide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0

Stopped Taking Furosemide

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Furosemide

Always
 57 81%
Usually
 11 16%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 2 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Furosemide

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 5 7%
A little
 12 17%
Not at all
 53 76%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Furosemide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 48 98%

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Report created on February 12, 2012.