What is frumil tablets used for?
What is frumil tablets used for?
Frumil Tablets can be used to stop the build up of extra water in your body. This extra water can cause swollen ankles, shortness of breath and feeling more tired than usual. Frumil Tablets work by helping you to pass more water (urine) than you usually do.
What is furosemide prescribed for?
Furosemide belongs to a group of medicines called loop diuretics (also known as water pills). Furosemide is given to help treat fluid retention (edema) and swelling that is caused by congestive heart failure, liver disease, kidney disease, or other medical conditions.
What does furosemide do to the heart?
Furosemide is a type of medicine called a diuretic. It’s used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure and oedema (a build up of fluid in the body). It’s also sometimes used to help you pee when your kidneys aren’t working properly. Diuretics are sometimes called “water pills/tablets” because they make you pee more.
What is frumil low strength?
Frumil Low Strength 20mg/2.5mg tablets contain 20mg of furosemide and 2.5mg of amiloride hydrochloride. The other ingredients are lactose monohydrate, maize starch, microcrystalline cellulose, sodium starch glycollate, talc, sunset yellow dye (E110), colloidal anhydrous silica and magnesium stearate.
Is 20 mg of furosemide a lot?
The usual dose in adults to treat high blood pressure is 20mg to 80mg a day. The usual dose in adults to treat heart failure or oedema (fluid build up in the body) is 20mg to 120mg a day.
What is the active ingredient in frumil?
Frumil contains a combination of two diuretics, furosemide (frusemide) and amiloride as the active ingredients. A diuretic helps reduce the amount of excess fluid in the body by increasing the amount of urine produced. Frumil is used for the treatment of heart failure.
Is it safe to take 40 mg of ferfrumil?
Frumil 40 mg/5 mg Tablets should be used with particular caution in elderly patients or those with potential obstruction of the urinary tract or disorders rendering electrolyte balance precarious. Urinary output must be secured.
Is funfrumil safe for children and adolescents?
Frumil 40 mg/5 mg Tablets is contraindicated in children and adolescents under 18 years of age as safety in this age group has not yet been established.
