Lasix

Lasix (furosemide) is a medicine that belongs to the group of loop diuretics. Your health care provider may recommend taking it in case you have high blood pressure or fluid retention. You can be recommended Lasix for high blood pressure even if you experience no symptoms. High blood pressure may often cause no symptoms and is therefore very dangerous unless kept under control. If you have kidney disease, gout, liver disease, diabetes, allergy to sulfa drugs, or lupus your doctor needs to be notified before you are prescribed any dose of Lasix. Make sure you tell your doctor if at the moment of asking him for a prescription you are already taking other drugs, such as indomethacin, cold medicines, streptomycin, amikacin, ethacrynic acid, diet pills, lithium, salicylates, netilmicin, other blood pressure medications, steroids, or digoxin. Lasix is generally very well tolerated with just a few side effects likely to occur. The following are considered to be insignificant side effects that are likely to disappear on their own: constipation, burning, diarrhea, numbness, headache, pain, dizziness, blurred vision, and stomach pain. If these side effects persist or change in intensity – your doctor needs to be notified.