What is a diuretic?
A diuretic is any substance that promotes the production of urine, or, in other words, a medicine that help reduce the amount of water in the body.
There are different types of diuretics: thiazide, loop, and potassium-sparing diuretics. All of them make your body excrete more fluids as urine, but each type works differently. Alternatively, an antidiuretic such as vasopressin, or antidiuretic hormone, is an agent or drug which reduces the excretion of water in urine.
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45 Comments

Ian MacBrown
Beer is a great diuretic.! ;-)
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Jan 1, 2017 1:13PM

Belgasem Goma
It has a daul effect used mainly to reduce high blood pressure by increasing excretion of sodium and water in urine so reducing blood volume.
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Dec 31, 2016 8:12AM

Irma Rivera
It increases the production of urine but one have to be careful because. using diuretics the potassium levels can go extremely low and that will affect the blood pressure, so your doctor should prescribe potassium with the diuretic!!! Don't auto-prescribe, is dangerous...
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Mar 27, 2019 7:25PM

Jim Adams
Ian MacBrown, You don’t buy beer, you rent it.
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Mar 31, 2019 5:32PM
Sheila Robinson
Did anyone notice the significance of the dandelion photo. Dandelion leaves have a diuretic effect, hence the french translation “pissenlit”
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Sep 13, 2019 12:42AM

muithiatdigz
Irma Rivera, unless it is a potassium sparing diuretic!
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Feb 1, 2020 12:18PM

Donna Smith
I missed the correct answer
But it FIGURES
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Jan 20, 2020 4:32PM

dsneed
anthonygriffin,
Growing older is not for cowards.
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Oct 26, 2019 3:28AM

dsneed
tesla alset,
You go (no pun) tesla alset hang in there for sure!
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Oct 26, 2019 3:25AM

dsneed
Yeah, familiar with that. Yay me.
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Oct 26, 2019 3:20AM

Isabel Laing
Correct from nursing days.
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Jul 25, 2019 7:57PM

Martha McDowell
Excellently written and made me read the question and answers twicr
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Jul 10, 2019 9:45PM

james parrillo
anthonygriffin, Mr. Griffin, I pray that you will never join some of the QuizzClub members in needing these medicines. Be well, and think positive thoughts, as I am sure not every older person needs them. Thank you, Christine, James's wife
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Jul 8, 2019 1:00PM

kite005
Ian MacBrown, Beer and coffee. As well as vodka, whiskey, wine, coke,etc etc etc
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Jun 25, 2019 10:22AM

Eileen Dunn
Yes, knew that.
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Jun 13, 2019 3:19PM

Boni Forte
Celery and. Cucumbers
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Jun 8, 2019 9:36PM

lmjmom
Got it.
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May 21, 2019 9:59PM

Lynne Zeman
Never heard of an anti diuretic.
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May 17, 2019 6:47PM

Paul White
Belgasem Goma, is that the same as a dual effect as in two in the queens english
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May 16, 2019 7:43PM
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