Diuretics

Question 1

what helps remove potassium from the body

Answer 1

loop diuertics

dialysis

Question 2

what does combined insulin/dextrose infusion do

Answer 2

Shifts potassium from extracellular to intracellular fluid compartment in the short-term

also nebulised salbutamol does the same thing

Question 3

Which drug has a diuretic effect but is not a diuretic

Answer 3

spironolactone which is an aldosterone antagonist
has the same effect as a potassium sparring diuretic

first line for ascites and oedema caused by liver cirrhosis

competitevely binds to aldosterone receptors