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Torasemide: additional benefits for postmenopausal women with arterial hypertension

Abstract

Effective and safe diuretic torasemide has additional effects of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockage. Torasemide can be used as monotherapy or combined with other antihypertensives. In low doses torasemide produces pronounced antihypertensive effect without augmentation of excretion of potassium and water with urine. Long-term administration of torasemide was not associated with significant effects on lipid, purine, carbohydrate, or electrolyte metabolism parameters. Torasemide particularly effective in postmenopausal women, as these women are more likely formed low-renin hypertension. Therefore, torasemide can be used more widely in modern clinical practice.

About the Authors

O. N. Tkacheva
ФГБУ Государственный научно-исследовательский центр профилактической медицины Минздрава РФ, Москва
Russian Federation


N. K. Runikhina
ФГБУ Научный центр акушерства, гинекологии и перинатологии им. акад. В.И.Кулакова Минздрава РФ, Москва
Russian Federation


N. V. Sharashkina
ФГБУ Научный центр акушерства, гинекологии и перинатологии им. акад. В.И.Кулакова Минздрава РФ, Москва
Russian Federation


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Tkacheva O.N., Runikhina N.K., Sharashkina N.V. Torasemide: additional benefits for postmenopausal women with arterial hypertension. Systemic Hypertension. 2013;10(2):9-13.

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