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What is Bumetanide?

Bumetanide (brand name Bumex) is a diuretic, a type of drug which increases water excretion in order to reduce sodium levels in the blood. This is useful for the treatment of swelling (edema) is heart failure, kidney disease, or hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Edema (fluid retention) 10 1 Efficacy_slight
Water retention 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 5 1 Efficacy_major
Other 3 0
Edema of extremities 2 0
Swelling Generalized 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 3

Reported Dosages

  as needed daily 0.5 mg daily 2 mg 1 mg daily 2 mg daily 3 mg daily 4 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Bumetanide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2   Course of treatment ended: 67%
Other 1   Other: 33%

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

Currently Taking Bumetanide

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

Stopped Taking Bumetanide

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

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

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Bumetanide

Always
 3 75%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Bumetanide

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 4 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Bumetanide

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 4 100%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.