Chapter 17, Problem 24RA

Summary Introduction

To review:

The working of thiazide diuretics, loop diuretics, and osmotic diuretics.

Introduction:

The substances that promote the process of diuresis are known as diuretics. The increased production of urine is referred to as diuresis. The three main forms of diuretics are thiazide, loop, and osmotic diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the blood plasma in different ways.