Study of possible correlation between CHYLOTHORAX and LASIX
Accompanying discussion about FactMed users Questions and Concerns
About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of LASIX patients who developed CHYLOTHORAX.
FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 3 individuals taking LASIX reported CHYLOTHORAX to the FDA. A total of 72499 LASIX drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.FDA Research Report
Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between LASIX and CHYLOTHORAX. In doing so, we compare LASIX with other drugs that cause CHYLOTHORAX, to help you evaluate whether or not LASIX causes CHYLOTHORAX. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of LASIX, so you can see if CHYLOTHORAX ranks among LASIX's most well-known side effects.
Summary StatisticsReports of LASIX causing CHYLOTHORAX: 3
Reports of any side effect of LASIX : 72499
Percentage of LASIX patients where CHYLOTHORAX is a reported side effect: 0.0041%
FDA reports of any drug causing CHYLOTHORAX : 199
Average percentage for all medicated patients where CHYLOTHORAX is reported as a complication: 0.0012%
Physician opinion on LASIX as adverse event culprit:
Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:
Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing LASIX:
HYPERTENSION
( 2628 patients )DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 2417 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 2280 patients )
OEDEMA ( 1272 patients )
FLUID RETENTION ( 1023 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE ( 983 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE ( 816 patients )
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL ( 751 patients )
DIURETIC THERAPY ( 602 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 276 patients )
POLYURIA ( 272 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE CHRONIC ( 269 patients )
CARDIAC DISORDER ( 260 patients )
ASCITES ( 260 patients )
SWELLING ( 247 patients )
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC ( 145 patients )
RENAL FAILURE ( 118 patients )
PLEURAL EFFUSION ( 115 patients )
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION ( 108 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 91 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ( 79 patients )
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 72 patients )
FLUID OVERLOAD ( 66 patients )
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ( 64 patients )
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ( 61 patients )
HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS ( 58 patients )
RENAL DISORDER ( 57 patients )
CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 55 patients )
JOINT SWELLING ( 53 patients )
OLIGURIA ( 49 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ( 38 patients )
MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA ( 37 patients )
PULMONARY OEDEMA ( 37 patients )
PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ( 34 patients )
METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA ( 32 patients )
UNEVALUABLE EVENT ( 32 patients )
NEPHROTIC SYNDROME ( 32 patients )
RENAL IMPAIRMENT ( 32 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED ( 31 patients )
GENERALISED OEDEMA ( 29 patients )
LYMPHOEDEMA ( 24 patients )
MULTIPLE MYELOMA ( 23 patients )
DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY ( 23 patients )
FLUID IMBALANCE ( 22 patients )
HYPERKALAEMIA ( 22 patients )
RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE ( 22 patients )
ANGINA PECTORIS ( 21 patients )
PREMEDICATION ( 21 patients )
URINE OUTPUT DECREASED ( 20 patients )
CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 20 patients )
DYSPNOEA ( 20 patients )
ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 18 patients )
OEDEMA DUE TO RENAL DISEASE ( 16 patients )
HEART DISEASE CONGENITAL ( 15 patients )
CARDIAC VALVE DISEASE ( 15 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS ( 15 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ( 14 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ABNORMAL ( 14 patients )
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION ( 14 patients )
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE ( 13 patients )
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ( 12 patients )
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 12 patients )
DYSURIA ( 11 patients )
ARRHYTHMIA ( 11 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER ( 11 patients )
WEIGHT INCREASED ( 11 patients )
HYPERTENSIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 11 patients )
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION ( 11 patients )
PULMONARY CONGESTION ( 11 patients )
RENAL TRANSPLANT ( 10 patients )
CARDIOMEGALY ( 10 patients )
HYPERTENSIVE HEART DISEASE ( 10 patients )
LUNG DISORDER ( 10 patients )
PAIN ( 9 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE ACUTE ( 9 patients )
LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE ( 9 patients )
WEIGHT CONTROL ( 9 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT PROPHYLAXIS ( 9 patients )
HYPOALBUMINAEMIA ( 9 patients )
CELLULITIS ( 8 patients )
HYPERURICAEMIA ( 8 patients )
COR PULMONALE ( 8 patients )
BLISTER ( 8 patients )
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS ( 8 patients )
CIRRHOSIS ALCOHOLIC ( 8 patients )
AORTIC DISSECTION ( 7 patients )
DEHYDRATION ( 7 patients )
AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT ( 7 patients )
LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION ( 6 patients )
SUICIDE ATTEMPT ( 6 patients )
URINARY TRACT INFECTION ( 6 patients )
INTENTIONAL SELF-INJURY ( 6 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE CARE ( 6 patients )
OEDEMA DUE TO CARDIAC DISEASE ( 6 patients )
ACUTE PULMONARY OEDEMA ( 6 patients )
DIURETIC EFFECT ( 6 patients )
UNIVENTRICULAR HEART ( 5 patients )
DYSPEPSIA ( 5 patients )
ABDOMINAL PAIN ( 5 patients )
LUPUS NEPHRITIS ( 5 patients )
BREAST CANCER ( 5 patients )
OEDEMA DUE TO HEPATIC DISEASE ( 5 patients )
NEPHROPATHY ( 5 patients )
ANGINA UNSTABLE ( 5 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE MANAGEMENT ( 5 patients )
CEREBRAL INFARCTION ( 5 patients )
ANURIA ( 5 patients )
AORTIC STENOSIS ( 5 patients )
CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA ( 5 patients )
LYMPHATIC DISORDER ( 5 patients )
URINE OUTPUT ( 5 patients )
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME ( 5 patients )
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS ( 5 patients )
HEPATIC FAILURE ( 5 patients )
ATRIAL FLUTTER ( 4 patients )
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS ( 4 patients )
OSTEOPOROSIS ( 4 patients )
PNEUMONITIS ( 4 patients )
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME ( 4 patients )
BLOOD ALBUMIN DECREASED ( 4 patients )
MYELOFIBROSIS ( 4 patients )
PERICARDITIS ( 4 patients )
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CORONARY ARTERY ( 4 patients )
RENAL HYPERTENSION ( 4 patients )
ONCOLOGIC COMPLICATION ( 4 patients )
HEPATITIS C ( 4 patients )
RENAL SCAN ( 4 patients )
CATHETERISATION CARDIAC ( 4 patients )
VENTRICULAR FAILURE ( 4 patients )
BLADDER DISORDER ( 4 patients )
CARDIAC OPERATION ( 4 patients )
PAIN IN EXTREMITY ( 4 patients )
CROHN'S DISEASE ( 4 patients )
PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOUR ( 4 patients )
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA ( 4 patients )
MALIGNANT ASCITES ( 4 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING ( 4 patients )
CONGENITAL CYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE ( 4 patients )
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS MEMBRANOUS ( 4 patients )
SEPSIS ( 4 patients )
TRANSFUSION ( 4 patients )
ADVERSE EVENT ( 4 patients )
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE ( 3 patients )
NEPHROSCLEROSIS ( 3 patients )
URINARY TRACT DISORDER ( 3 patients )
WEIGHT DECREASED ( 3 patients )
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA ( 3 patients )
GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOUR ( 3 patients )
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED ( 3 patients )
HEPATIC FUNCTION ABNORMAL ( 3 patients )
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED ( 3 patients )
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC ( 3 patients )
HEPATIC NEOPLASM MALIGNANT ( 3 patients )
VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY ( 3 patients )
EYELID OEDEMA ( 3 patients )
LAXATIVE SUPPORTIVE CARE ( 3 patients )
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE ( 3 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER ( 3 patients )
LIVER DISORDER ( 3 patients )
URINARY RETENTION ( 3 patients )
HYPERCALCAEMIA ( 3 patients )
BRAIN OEDEMA ( 3 patients )
HEART RATE IRREGULAR ( 3 patients )
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ( 3 patients )
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE ( 3 patients )
DEPRESSION ( 3 patients )
BRONCHITIS ( 3 patients )
BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA ( 3 patients )
HEPATIC HYDROTHORAX ( 3 patients )
DIASTOLIC HYPERTENSION ( 3 patients )
HYPERTONIA ( 3 patients )
CASTLEMAN'S DISEASE ( 3 patients )
FACE OEDEMA ( 2 patients )
NEPHRITIS ( 2 patients )
PNEUMONIA ( 2 patients )
DRUG ABUSE ( 2 patients )
HYPOKALAEMIA ( 2 patients )
DRUG EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 2 patients )
MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT ( 2 patients )
OVARIAN CANCER RECURRENT ( 2 patients )
PYELONEPHRITIS ( 2 patients )
FLUID REPLACEMENT ( 2 patients )
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS ( 2 patients )
PORTAL HYPERTENSION ( 2 patients )
AORTIC VALVE INCOMPETENCE ( 2 patients )
HEART VALVE INCOMPETENCE ( 2 patients )
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE ( 2 patients )
PANCREATIC CARCINOMA ( 2 patients )
RENAL CELL CARCINOMA ( 2 patients )
AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS ( 2 patients )
BREAST PAIN ( 2 patients )
ENDOCARDITIS ( 2 patients )
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY ( 2 patients )
ISCHAEMIA ( 2 patients )
PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION ( 2 patients )
TACHYCARDIA ( 2 patients )
UROGRAM ( 2 patients )
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS ( 2 patients )
THYROID DISORDER ( 2 patients )
PROSTATE CANCER ( 2 patients )
SELF-MEDICATION ( 2 patients )
BURNING SENSATION ( 2 patients )
CONGENITAL DERMAL SINUS ( 2 patients )
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDER ( 2 patients )
TOXIC SKIN ERUPTION ( 2 patients )
GRAVITATIONAL OEDEMA ( 2 patients )
SEPTIC SHOCK ( 2 patients )
PULMONARY EMBOLISM ( 2 patients )
HYDRONEPHROSIS ( 2 patients )
HEADACHE ( 2 patients )
Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with CHYLOTHORAX:
PAXIL (50 patients)
VITAMIN TAB (31 patients)
FOLIC ACID (23 patients)
ASPIRIN (18 patients)
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE (18 patients)
MEBARAL (16 patients)
PAROXETINE HCL (16 patients)
TERBUTALINE SULFATE (16 patients)
RITUXIMAB (16 patients)
PROGRAF (16 patients)
SPRYCEL (15 patients)
DOXORUBICIN HCL (15 patients)
VINCRISTINE (15 patients)
PRENATAL VITAMINS (13 patients)
PREDNISONE (12 patients)
IBUPROFEN (12 patients)
PANITUMUMAB (11 patients)
PROMETHEGAN (11 patients)
MULTI-VITAMIN (11 patients)
PAXIL CR (11 patients)
ACETAMINOPHEN (10 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (10 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (10 patients)
CISPLATIN (9 patients)
AFEDITAB CR (8 patients)
ZANTAC (8 patients)
BENEFIX (8 patients)
XANAX (7 patients)
AMOXICILLIN (7 patients)
NEUPOGEN (7 patients)
DILTIAZEM (7 patients)
MORPHINE (7 patients)
PREDNISOLONE (7 patients)
PERCOCET (6 patients)
TYLENOL (6 patients)
ZOFRAN (6 patients)
CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE (6 patients)
DASATINIB (6 patients)
FLUOROURACIL (6 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (6 patients)
TAXOL (5 patients)
AREDIA (5 patients)
ARIMIDEX (5 patients)
BENDAMUSTINA (5 patients)
REGLAN (5 patients)
TAMOXIFEN CITRATE (5 patients)
BRETHINE (5 patients)
METHOTREXATE (5 patients)
ZOMETA (5 patients)
CELEXA (5 patients)
ROXICET (5 patients)
DIFLUCAN (5 patients)
TARGOCID (5 patients)
DIGOXIN (5 patients)
DIPRIVAN (5 patients)
DIURIL (5 patients)
EFFEXOR (5 patients)
EFFEXOR XR (5 patients)
EPIDURAL (5 patients)
FOLIO (5 patients)
FUNGIZONE (5 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (5 patients)
PITOCIN (5 patients)
GEMCITABINE (5 patients)
PREMARIN (5 patients)
LIPITOR (5 patients)
IMURAN (5 patients)
SOLU-MEDROL (5 patients)
NITRAZEPAM (4 patients)
OMEPRAZOLE (4 patients)
AMOXICILLIN AND CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM (4 patients)
ANAPEINE (ROPIVACAINE) INJECTION (4 patients)
ANASTROZOLE (4 patients)
ASPARA-CA (ASPARTATE CALCIUM) (4 patients)
AUGMENTIN '125' (4 patients)
BIAXIN XL (4 patients)
BIOFERMIN R (STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS) (4 patients)
TAXOTERE (4 patients)
CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY (4 patients)
CARBENIN (BETAMIPRON, PANIPENEM) INJECTION (4 patients)
CLARITHROMYCIN (4 patients)
POTASSIUM (4 patients)
COLACE (4 patients)
MABTHERA (4 patients)
SUCRALFATE (4 patients)
DIDANOSINE (4 patients)
EFAVIRENZ (4 patients)
METOPROLOL (4 patients)
ENALAPRIL MALEATE (4 patients)
METHYLPREDNISOLONE (4 patients)
LOBAPLATIN (4 patients)
MIRENA (4 patients)
ETOPOSIDE (4 patients)
ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE (4 patients)
ZOVIRAX (4 patients)
PANTOZOLE (4 patients)
PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE (4 patients)
OXALIPLATIN (4 patients)
HALCION (4 patients)
HEPARIN (4 patients)
HIRNAMIN (LEVOMEPROMAZINE) (4 patients)
ITRACONAZOLE (4 patients)
PRILOSEC (4 patients)
LENDORM (4 patients)
SUPRANE (3 patients)
PROSTANDIN (ALPROSTADIL) INJECTION (3 patients)
PACIL INJECTION (3 patients)
AFEDITAB (3 patients)
VECURONIUM BROMIDE (3 patients)
ALOTEC (ORCIPRENALINE SULFATE) INHALATION (3 patients)
TAZOCIN (PIPERACILLIN SODIUM, TAZOBACTAM SODIUM) INJECTION (3 patients)
SOLITAX-H (GLUCOSE, SODIUM CHLORIDE) (3 patients)
MAGNESIUM OXIDE (MAGNESIUM OXIDE) (3 patients)
ATROPINE (3 patients)
LOVAZA (3 patients)
SULPHAMETHOXAZOLE (3 patients)
PROPOFOL (3 patients)
TYLENOL (CAPLET) (3 patients)
VITAMIN D (3 patients)
METOCLOPRAMIDE (3 patients)
LOVASTATIN (3 patients)
CENTRUM SILVER (3 patients)
CETUXIMAB (3 patients)
NITROGLYCERIN ^NIHON KAYAKU^ (GLYCERYL TRINITRATE) INJECTION (3 patients)
CISATRACURIUM BESYLATE (3 patients)
CORETEC INJECTION (3 patients)
REMIFENTANIL (3 patients)
DENOSINE ^TANABE^ (GANCICLOVIR) (3 patients)
SUPRECUR (BUSERELIN ACETATE) (3 patients)
TAGAMET (CIMETIDINE) INJECTION (3 patients)
DIPHENHYDRAMINE HCL (3 patients)
TRACLEER (3 patients)
DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE (3 patients)
LORAZEPAM (3 patients)
ELASPOL (SIVELESTAT) INJECTION (3 patients)
MEROPEN (MEROPENEM) INJECTION (3 patients)
ZOCOR (3 patients)
ESTRADIOL (3 patients)
EURODIN (ESTAZOLAM) (3 patients)
FENTANEST (FENTANYL CITRATE) INJECTION (3 patients)
LISINOPRIL (3 patients)
NEOSTIGMINE (3 patients)
FLUCONAL (3 patients)
FOY (GABEXATE MESILATE) INJECTION (3 patients)
PARACETAMOL (3 patients)
GASTER D ORODISPERSABLE CR TABLET (3 patients)
RITUXAN (3 patients)
KIDMIN (AMINO ACIDS NOS) (3 patients)
STEROID (3 patients)
LACTULOSE (3 patients)
LASIX (3 patients)
LIDOCAINE (3 patients)
LETAIRIS (3 patients)
PHOTOFRIN (2 patients)
ALDACTONE (2 patients)
SYNAGIS (2 patients)
ALPROSTADIL (2 patients)
MIDODRINE HYDROCHLORIDE (2 patients)
TASIGNA (2 patients)
OCTREOTIDE ACETATE (2 patients)
POLYVITAMIN (2 patients)
PHENYTOIN (2 patients)
BAKTAR (SULFAMETHOXAZOLE, TRIMETHOPRIM) (2 patients)
SUPRECUR (BUSERELIN ACETATE) AEROSOL (2 patients)
BISOLVON (BROMHEXINE HYDROCHLORIDE) (2 patients)
BISOLVON (BROMHEXINE HYDROCHLORIDE) INHALATION (2 patients)
VALACICLOVIR (2 patients)
BOSENTAN TABLET 62.5 MG JPN (2 patients)
CANDESARTAN CILEXETIL (2 patients)
MUSCULAX (VECURONIUM BROMIDE) INJECTION (2 patients)
PACIL (2 patients)
CIPRO (2 patients)
CITALOPRAM (2 patients)
PHENERGAN (2 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL BISULFATE (2 patients)
PENICILLIN G (2 patients)
CORETEC (2 patients)
COTRIM DS (2 patients)
SPIRONOLACTONE (2 patients)
RANITIDINE HCL (2 patients)
DILTIAZEM HYDROCHLORIDE (2 patients)
DIMETICONE (2 patients)
DOCETAXEL (2 patients)
TAGAMET (2 patients)
DORMICUM /SWE/ (MIDAZOLAM) INJECTION (2 patients)
DROPERIDOL (2 patients)
ELASPOL (SIVELESTAT) (2 patients)
MIDAZOLAM HCL (2 patients)
FENISTIL (2 patients)
ZYRTEC (2 patients)
FENTANYL-100 (2 patients)
FLOMAX (2 patients)
FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE (2 patients)
FLUOROMETHOLONE (2 patients)
PANTOPRAZOLE SODIUM (2 patients)
OXYGEN (2 patients)
FOY (GABEXATE MESILATE) (2 patients)
NEO-MINOPHAGEN C (GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID, AMMONIUM SALT) INJECTION (2 patients)
PHENERGAN HCL (2 patients)
HABEKACIN (ARBEKACIN) (2 patients)
HABEKACIN (ARBEKACIN) INHALATION (2 patients)
PIPERACILLIN SODIUM AND TAZOBACTAM SODIUM (2 patients)
NEO-MINOPHAGEN C (GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID, AMMONIUM SALT) (2 patients)
IMATINIB MESILATE (2 patients)
INOVAN (DOPAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE) INJECTION (2 patients)
INSULIN (2 patients)
KENZEN (2 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (2 patients)
LAMIVUDINE (EPIVIR HBV) (2 patients)
LEUCOVORIN (2 patients)
Most common side effects for patients taking LASIX:
DYSPNOEA (6748 patients) PAIN (6318 patients)
RENAL FAILURE (5785 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (5111 patients)
NAUSEA (5032 patients)
ANXIETY (4962 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (4952 patients)
ANAEMIA (4629 patients)
PNEUMONIA (4370 patients)
DIARRHOEA (4335 patients)
ASTHENIA (4215 patients)
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE (4194 patients)
FATIGUE (3869 patients)
FALL (3815 patients)
INJURY (3744 patients)
VOMITING (3660 patients)
HYPOTENSION (3520 patients)
DIZZINESS (3474 patients)
PYREXIA (3343 patients)
DEATH (3257 patients)
HYPERTENSION (3194 patients)
CHEST PAIN (2995 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (2982 patients)
DEPRESSION (2957 patients)
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (2936 patients)
DEHYDRATION (2777 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (2767 patients)
RENAL IMPAIRMENT (2660 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (2648 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE (2516 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (2384 patients)
BACK PAIN (2340 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (2334 patients)
UNEVALUABLE EVENT (2295 patients)
HEADACHE (2287 patients)
RESPIRATORY FAILURE (2261 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (2252 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (2239 patients)
MALAISE (2236 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (2205 patients)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (2164 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (2144 patients)
DRUG INEFFECTIVE (2071 patients)
ANHEDONIA (2048 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (2034 patients)
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED (2026 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (2000 patients)
FEAR (1958 patients)
SEPSIS (1956 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (1945 patients)
MULTI-ORGAN FAILURE (1912 patients)
WEIGHT INCREASED (1910 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (1899 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (1838 patients)
RASH (1833 patients)
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED (1811 patients)
CONSTIPATION (1797 patients)
COUGH (1756 patients)
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (1678 patients)
RENAL INJURY (1627 patients)
OEDEMA (1619 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (1619 patients)
INSOMNIA (1598 patients)
STRESS (1571 patients)
HYPERKALAEMIA (1557 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (1502 patients)
CELLULITIS (1484 patients)
PRURITUS (1484 patients)
SYNCOPE (1481 patients)
CARDIAC ARREST (1462 patients)
INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO INCREASED (1461 patients)
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE (1458 patients)
SOMNOLENCE (1424 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (1368 patients)
HYPONATRAEMIA (1365 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (1360 patients)
BRADYCARDIA (1359 patients)
DRUG INTERACTION (1353 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (1334 patients)
CARDIOMEGALY (1333 patients)
INFECTION (1328 patients)
PULMONARY OEDEMA (1320 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (1313 patients)
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (1310 patients)
BLOOD UREA INCREASED (1284 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (1284 patients)
DIABETES MELLITUS (1278 patients)
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (1274 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (1244 patients)
MITRAL VALVE INCOMPETENCE (1235 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (1223 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (1202 patients)
BRONCHITIS (1198 patients)
CARDIAC DISORDER (1188 patients)
ERYTHEMA (1175 patients)
ASCITES (1174 patients)
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC (1163 patients)
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (1149 patients)
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (1146 patients)
PANCYTOPENIA (1132 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (1128 patients)
TREMOR (1128 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (1125 patients)
MYALGIA (1121 patients)
HYPOGLYCAEMIA (1111 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (1110 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED (1078 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (1069 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (1064 patients)
ATELECTASIS (1045 patients)
PALPITATIONS (1030 patients)
BONE DISORDER (1029 patients)
CONVULSION (1028 patients)
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (1024 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION (1023 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (1023 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT DECREASED (1023 patients)
ECONOMIC PROBLEM (1018 patients)
HYPOXIA (1007 patients)
FLUID RETENTION (1005 patients)
OSTEOMYELITIS (998 patients)
CHEST DISCOMFORT (992 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (989 patients)
VISION BLURRED (951 patients)
CONTUSION (951 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (936 patients)
FEELING ABNORMAL (934 patients)
HYPERHIDROSIS (932 patients)
MENTAL STATUS CHANGES (931 patients)
HYPERGLYCAEMIA (922 patients)
HEPATIC FUNCTION ABNORMAL (901 patients)
TRICUSPID VALVE INCOMPETENCE (889 patients)
ASTHMA (882 patients)
SWELLING (863 patients)
ARRHYTHMIA (862 patients)
RHABDOMYOLYSIS (846 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (839 patients)
CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ARREST (838 patients)
SINUSITIS (831 patients)
EPISTAXIS (829 patients)
HAEMORRHAGE (824 patients)
NEUTROPENIA (820 patients)
HEPATIC FAILURE (812 patients)
BLOOD ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE INCREASED (809 patients)
ARTHRITIS (806 patients)
DYSPNOEA EXERTIONAL (805 patients)
DISEASE PROGRESSION (791 patients)
SEPTIC SHOCK (781 patients)
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK (780 patients)
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (779 patients)
BLOOD BILIRUBIN INCREASED (776 patients)
HEART RATE INCREASED (774 patients)
PAIN IN JAW (773 patients)
CHILLS (772 patients)
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (757 patients)
HAEMATOCRIT DECREASED (756 patients)
CARDIOMYOPATHY (753 patients)
ANGINA PECTORIS (745 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS (740 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (739 patients)
LIVER DISORDER (739 patients)
WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT INCREASED (726 patients)
MULTIPLE INJURIES (724 patients)
DEPRESSED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS (717 patients)
SPINAL OSTEOARTHRITIS (710 patients)
LETHARGY (686 patients)
OVERDOSE (685 patients)
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (684 patients)
BLOOD POTASSIUM DECREASED (678 patients)
SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME (673 patients)
RENAL DISORDER (670 patients)
ANOREXIA (667 patients)
BALANCE DISORDER (665 patients)
JOINT SWELLING (660 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION (659 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (655 patients)
WHEEZING (650 patients)
BONE PAIN (650 patients)
HAEMATOMA (645 patients)
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED (644 patients)
LEUKOPENIA (644 patients)
GASTRITIS (642 patients)
HAEMORRHOIDS (635 patients)
CATARACT (634 patients)
THROMBOSIS (633 patients)
HYPERSENSITIVITY (633 patients)
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION (623 patients)
HYPOTHYROIDISM (620 patients)
IMPAIRED HEALING (618 patients)
THERAPEUTIC AGENT TOXICITY (618 patients)
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS (610 patients)
FLUID OVERLOAD (608 patients)
HERPES ZOSTER (604 patients)
LIVER FUNCTION TEST ABNORMAL (598 patients)
BLOOD LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INCREASED (598 patients)
NECK PAIN (597 patients)
STOMATITIS (597 patients)
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT (595 patients)
OXYGEN SATURATION DECREASED (594 patients)
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION (594 patients)
RECTAL HAEMORRHAGE (588 patients)
LUNG DISORDER (586 patients)
DEFORMITY (585 patients)
NERVOUSNESS (584 patients)
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION (581 patients)
HAEMATURIA (579 patients)
HALLUCINATION (578 patients)
PERICARDIAL EFFUSION (572 patients)
PANCREATITIS (565 patients)
TOOTH EXTRACTION (565 patients)
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| Issue | Description / Topic | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|
| QUESTION ANGINA PECTORIS | I am a 100 percent service disabled veteran and live in a Veterans Administration nursing home. I have been diagnosed with unstable angina (after a cardiac cath) and am taking lasix plus other drugs. After lasix was increased from 40 mg to 80 mg I began to have frequent angina attacks. The dose was reduced to 40 mg and I have not had an attack in several days. Could the increased dose of lasix have increased my attacks of unstableangina. I am 87 years old. | 2015-03-05 08:06:48 |
| QUESTION SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA | Can give lasix during blood transfusion for sickle cell anaemia | 2015-03-08 10:34:58 |
| QUESTION DRUG INTERACTION | I TAKE CELLCEPT,PROGRAF, LAMICTAL, AND LASIX FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT AND SEIZURE CONTROL, NOW HAD DCIS AND NEED RADIATION AND TAMOXIFEN , IS THIS SAFE FOR ME? | 2015-05-28 16:37:02 |
| QUESTION HOARSENESS | Why it causes hoarseness.? What is the mechanism...? | 2015-09-02 17:54:52 |
| QUESTION BREAST ENGORGEMENT | Is it good to use lasix in breast engorgement | 2015-10-05 21:14:01 |
| QUESTION RADIOTHERAPY | can we use lasix in radiotherapy patients | 2015-10-17 11:08:43 |
| QUESTION RADIOTHERAPY | can we use lasix in radiotherapy patients | 2015-10-17 11:08:43 |
| QUESTION DRUG INTERACTION | Is it okay to take Lasix with Mucinex and Januvia? | 2015-12-29 19:47:05 |
| QUESTION LACTIC ACIDOSIS | Is it OK to take juaniav with laxic? | 2016-02-05 21:40:30 |
| QUESTION DEATH | can lasix drain shabu from the body? | 2016-02-26 09:49:30 |
| QUESTION CARDIAC ARREST | can lassix cause cardiac arrest? | 2016-02-29 05:31:00 |
| QUESTION GLAUCOMA SURGERY | O lasix aumenta a precao ocular? | 2016-04-14 03:06:49 |
| QUESTION GLAUCOMA SURGERY | O lasix aumenta a precao ocular? | 2016-04-14 03:09:10 |
| CONCERN ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA | I have angle clouser can I take Lasix. | 2016-05-05 14:29:15 |
| QUESTION RESTLESSNESS | Does lasix cause restlessness? | 2016-08-21 09:19:37 |
| QUESTION RESTLESSNESS | Does lasix cause restlessness? | 2016-08-21 11:43:11 |
| QUESTION RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | Does Lasix cause restless leg syndrome | 2016-08-31 19:41:35 |
| QUESTION CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE | E.r.doctor told me to stop taking oasis my pulse was 50 with increased BUN Creatine and GFR level. How soon will chemical balance return? | 2016-09-07 21:57:59 |
| QUESTION CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE | E.r.doctor told me to stop taking Oasis my pulse was 50 increased Bun creatine and The. How soon will depleated imbalances return | 2016-09-07 22:06:11 |
| QUESTION MYASTHENIA GRAVIS CRISIS | With myasthenia gravis can lasix cause severe jaw pain | 2016-09-22 20:40:29 |
| QUESTION ANOSMIA | Can Lasix cause anosmia? | 2016-10-14 11:46:02 |
| QUESTION HYDROCELE | Is laser safe with radiology | 2016-12-14 06:04:40 |
| QUESTION DRUG INTERACTION | interaction furosemide 20 mg and magnesium intake night before 600mg | 2017-01-29 19:38:30 |
| QUESTION MUCOUS STOOLS | I take flurosemide does that cause mucous stools | 2017-02-04 18:07:03 |
| QUESTION GROIN PAIN | I have been taking Lasix for a few years and now I am getting severe groin pain on my left side. Do you have any suggesions | 2017-05-07 16:58:32 |
| QUESTION RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | My restless leg syndrome has definitely been exhaserbated since on lasix. No question about it, just a statement. | 2017-05-19 16:39:08 |
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