All water pills not equally effective against heart failure

Monday, April 1, 2013 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

Loop diuretics, more commonly known as water pills, are the most widely prescribed heart failure medications, but few studies had extensively compared their effectiveness until researchers examined three approved loop diuretics and found that even though one of them might offer more benefit, it is rarely prescribed.

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