Sulfamyl Diuretics:

Terms Related to Sulfamyl Diuretics

• Mercurial Diuretics

  Organometallic compounds that were once used as diuretics. They inhibit sodium and chloride reabsorption in the tubules.

• Thiazide Diuretics

  Diuretics characterized as analogs of 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-1,1-dioxide. All have a common mechanism of action and differ primarily in the dose required to produce a given effect. ...

• Osmotic Diuretics

  Compounds that increase urine volume by increasing the amount of osmotically active solute in the urine. Osmotic diuretics also increase the osmolarity of plasma.

• Benzothiadiazine Diuretics

  Diuretics characterized as analogs of 1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-1,1-dioxide. All have a common mechanism of action and differ primarily in the dose required to produce a given effect. ...

• Anti-Hypertensives

  Drugs used in the treatment of acute or chronic hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism. Among the antihypertensive agents are DIURETICS (especially DIURETICS, THIAZIDE), ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ...