Dear Doctor: Why isn’t furosemide used to treat edema from venous insufficiency?

Venous insufficiency is a condition where the pressure inside the veins is high enough that fluid comes out of the blood ...
TCTMD

Loop Diuretics Are Heavily Prescribed Outside of HF: That’s a Problem

PRAGUE, Czechia—The number of people taking loop diuretics without a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) may be many times higher than the number of HF patients on these meds, according to an analysis of ...
The Vindicator

Diuretics do not provide much help for venous insufficiency

Your recent column regarding edema from venous insufficiency caught my interest since I was diagnosed with venous insufficiency over 25 years ago. Your recommendation was to raise your legs several ...