DIURETICS
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⁃ Diuretics are used to treat hypertension , congestive heart failure and edema .
⁃ Common side effects of these agents are potassium depletion , low blood pressure, dehydration and hypothermia.
⁃ Some diuretics , such as acetazolamide, help to make the urine more alkaline and are helpful is increasing excretion of substances such as aspirin in cases of overdose or poisoning.
⁃ Diuretics are sometimes abused by people with an eating disorder, especially people with bulimia nervous, with the goal of losing weight.
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