WHAT IS THIS MEDICINE?
Lasix contains Furosemide, which belongs to a family of drugs called diuretics. It helps you make more urine and to lose salt and excess water from your body. This medicine is used to treat high blood pressure, and edema or swelling from heart, kidney or liver disease. This is an irreplaceable diuretic which is available to everybody due to its safety, efficiency, and low cost.
PRECAUTIONS
Before using Furosemide, consult your doctor if you suffer from kidney disease, liver disease, gout, lupus, diabetes, or an allergy to sulfa drugs. Avoid becoming dehydrated as Furosemide makes you urinate more often. Do not stop taking the drug even if you feel fine as high blood pressure often has no symptoms. Avoid taking the drug if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
INSTRUCTIONS
Use Lasix as directed by your doctor. Take Lasix by mouth with or without food. If you take cholestyramine, colestipol, or sucralfate, ask your doctor or pharmacist how to take them with Lasix. Lasix may increase the amount of urine or cause you to urinate more often when you first start taking it. To keep this from disturbing your sleep, try to take your dose before 6 pm. If you miss a dose of Lasix, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once. Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Lasix.
SIDE EFFECTS
Side effects of Lasix include increased urination, thirst, muscle cramps, itching or rash, weakness, dizziness, spinning sensation, diarrhea, stomach pain, and constipation. Serious side effects of Lasix include dehydration, dark urine, clay-colored stools, nausea, vomiting, fever, jaundice (yellowing of skin or eyes), electrolyte abnormalities, loss of appetite, and rapid weight loss
DRUG INTERACTION
Lasix can interact with the following medicines: certain antibiotics given by injection, diuretics, heart medicines like digoxin, dofetilide, or nitroglycerin, lithium, medicines for diabetes, medicines for high blood pressure, medicines for high cholesterol like cholestyramine, clofibrate, or colestipol, medicines that relax muscles for surgery, phenytoin, steroid medicines like prednisone or cortisone.
OVERDOSE
If you think you have overdosed the medicine seek emergency medical help at once. The overdose symptoms are loss of appetite, ringing in ears, severe weakness, dizziness, confusion, lightheadedness, or fainting.
STORAGE
Keep out of the reach of children. Store Lasix at room temperature between 15 and 30 degrees C (59 and 86 degrees F). Protect from light. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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