Diuretics amiloride

The amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel (ENaC) is a cell membrane glycoprotein selective for sodium ions, which is composed of three subunits (a, (3 and y). Gating of sodium is inhibited by the diuretic amiloride. 

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Potassium-sparing diuretics (amiloride, spironolactone, triamterene)... 

Aromatase inhibitors (including anastrozole, letrozole, aminoglutethimide, exemestane, formestane, testolactone), selective estrogen receptor modulators—SERMs (including raloxifene, tamoxifen, toremifene), clomiphene, cyclofenil, fulvestrant Diuretics, amiloride, bumetanide, canrenone, chlorthalidone, etacrynic acid, furosemide, indapamide, metolazone, spironolactone, thiazides, triamterene... 

The potassium sparing diuretic, amiloride (43), also produces a Class III effect in cardiac tissue. In canine Purkinje fibres APD is increased by 35% after prolonged exposure to 5 /zM of the drug [121]. The authors suggest two potential mechanisms for this effect (1) delay of inactivation of Na+ channels, or (2) inhibition of Na+/Ca + exchange. In infarcted dogs which were subjected to a PES protocol to produce re-entrant ventricular arrhyth-... 

Also contraindicated for the treatment of hypertension in patients with the following conditions Type 2 diabetes with microalbuminuria serum creatinine greater than 2 mg/dL in males or greater than 1.8 mg/dL in females Ccr less than 50 mL/min concomitant use of potassium supplements or potassium-sparing diuretics (amiloride, spironolactone, or triamterene). 

Potassium-sparing diuretics (amiloride, spironolactone, triamterene) Additive effects with other agents increasing serum potassium concentration. May alter renal excretion of substances other than potassium (eg, digoxin, hydrogen ions). ACE inhibitors [NE] Additive hyperkalemic effect. 

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Diuretics amiloride, bendrofluazide, benzthiazide, chlorothiazide, clopamide, cyclopenihiazide, cyclolhiazide, ethacrynic acid, frusemide, hydrochlorothiazide, polythiazide, quineth-azone, spironolactone, triamterene... 

As a potassium-sparing diuretic, amiloride can cause hyperkalemia (3), even in patients who are taking a potassium-wasting diuretic (4). This effect can be enhanced by concomitant therapy with ACE inhibitors or angioten-sin-II receptor antagonists. In five patients with diabetes melUtus over 50 years of age who were taking an ACE inhibitor the serum potassium rose markedly 8-18 days after the addition of amiloride (5). AH but one had some degree of renal impairment In four cases potassium concentrations were between 9.4 and 11 mmol/1. 

Paradoxically, may be improved by treatment with the diuretic amiloride. 

T-type calcium channels (with the T standing for transient ) require only a weak depolarization for activation and carry a transient current at negative membrane potentials that inactivates rapidly during a prolonged pulse. In neurons, the T-type channel is responsible for neuronal oscillatory activity and is thought to play a role in the regulation of wakefulness and motor coordination. The pyrazine diuretic, amiloride, inhibits the T-type calcium channel. 

The possibility of using the same micellar mobile phase for the analysis of pharmaceuticals, where the P-blockers atenolol, metoprolol and oxprenolol, the diuretics amiloride, bendroflumethiazide, chlorthalidone and... 

Figure 10.6 Contour map of global resolution for the separation of a mixture of three P-blockers (atenolol, metoprolol and oxprenolol), four diuretics (amiloride, bendroflumethiazide, chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide), and hydralazine, eluted with mobile phases of SDS and propanol at pH 3. Reprinted from Ref 13 with permission of the Royal Chemical Society,...

Matthews, H., Tyndall, J., and Kelso, M.J. (2011) Anti-tumour/metastasis effects of the potassium-sparing diuretic amiloride an orally active anti-cancer drug waiting for its call-of-duty International Journal of Cancer, 129, 2051-2061. 

Indeed, N resonance may be used in an analogous way and several problems of tautomerism have been examined. The determination of the favored tautomeric form of the free base of a novel acylguanidine diuretic, amiloride (B, C), was greatly facilitated by the use of... 

Diuretics represent a heterogeneous class of compounds however, most of them can be measured using conventional absorbance detectors such as UV-analyzers without further derivatization at reasonable detection limits of approximately 0.01-2.0 pg/mL. Increased sensitivity and/or selectivity was reported for the loop diuretics furosemide and bumetanide as well as the potassium sparing diuretics amiloride and triamterene when using fluorescence detection due to the fact that numerous agents co-extracted with diuretics are visualized by means of UV but not fluorescence detection. 

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