Choice of the drug for the diurethic therapy: a view of a clinical pharmacologist
Maksimov M. L.¹, Ermolaeva A. S.², Kuchaeva A. V.<sup>1

1</sup> Kazan State Medical Academy, branch of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education
² Sechenov University, Moscow

Diuretics are the drugs used to enhance diuresis, remove excess amounts of water from the body and eliminate edema. 
The review presents clinical and pharmacological approaches to diuretic therapy, data on the use of the main classes of diuretics. The article focuses on the efficasy and safety of loop diuretics, and the latest drug from this group — torasemide, which has additional advantages. Due to the ability of torasemide to block aldosterone receptors thus inhibiting myocardial fibrosis, this drug may provide additional benefits in terms of slowing the progression of chronic heart failure and increasing patient survival. The efficasy and safety of torasemide are practically not affected even by a significant decrease in the glomerular filtration rate. Torasemide is a probable alternative to furosemide in the treatment of edematous-ascitic syndrome, including the one resistant to diuretics, in patients with liver cirrhosis. Torasemide is better tolerated than other loop diuretics. Torasemide, obviously, should be considered as the drug of choice for the treatment of most variants of edematous syndrome, including those resistant to standard diuretic therapy.

Key words: diuretics, torasemide, chronic heart failure, arterial hypertension, chronic renal failure, efficacy, safety, edemas, Trigrim^®.
For citation: Maksimov M.L., Ermolaeva A.S., Kuchaeva A.V. Choice of the drug for the diurethic therapy: a view of a clinical pharmacologist // RMJ. 2018. № 1(II). P. 115–119.