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aquaretics
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aquaretics
drugs that bind to vasopressin receptors in the renal collecting duct promoting excretion of solute-free water.
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AVP receptor antagonists as novel aquaretic agents also deserve study as adjunctive therapy for EAH given their recent approval for similar clinical conditions.
Treatment of EAH-induced encephalopathy with hypertonic (3%) saline: ... by Siegel, Arthur J. / AMAA Journal
Conventional diuretic drugs, which are currently used to treat ascites, have the drawback that they promote the excretion of both salt and water, whereas M0002, because it is an electrolyte-sparing aquaretic causes much lower levels of salt excretion.
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Used as a diuretic, the herb is actually an aquaretic that facilitates the excretion of water only, not sodium and water.
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