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    Spironolactone, sold under the brand name Aldactone among others, is a diuretic medication primarily used to treat fluid build-up due to heart failure...
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    The pharmacodynamics of spironolactone, an antimineralocorticoid and antiandrogen medication, concern its mechanisms of action, including its biological...
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    combination with other drugs, for the management of chronic heart failure. Spironolactone, the first member of the class, is also used in the management of hyperaldosteronism...
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    antagonists can also be used for treatment of primary hyperaldosteronism. Spironolactone, a steroidal aldosterone antagonist, is also used in management of female...
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    derived from spironolactone by the introduction of a 9α,11α-epoxy bridge and by substitution of the 17α-thoacetyl group of spironolactone with a carbomethoxy...
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    inhibitors finasteride and dutasteride and the steroidal AR antagonist spironolactone have been associated with significantly reduced risk of prostate cancer...
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    Generally, the starting dose is oral spironolactone 100 mg/day (max 400 mg/day). 40% of people will respond to spironolactone. For nonresponders, a loop diuretic...
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    Canrenone (category Spironolactone)
    to spironolactone which is used as a diuretic in Europe, including in Italy and Belgium. It is also an important active metabolite of spironolactone, and...
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  • (RALES) trial is a landmark clinical study that assessed the impact of spironolactone, an aldosterone antagonist, on morbidity and mortality in patients with...
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  • and spironolactone has mixed and inconsistent effects on hormone levels. In any case, testosterone levels are usually unchanged by spironolactone. Studies...
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    that have their effect at similar locations: Aldosterone antagonists: spironolactone, which is a competitive antagonist of aldosterone. Aldosterone normally...
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    typically with medications known as aldosterone antagonists such as spironolactone or eplerenone. Other medications for high blood pressure and a low salt...
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  • and medications such as digitalis, methyldopa (an antihypertensive), spironolactone, certain diuretics, oxymetholone (an anabolic steroid), and chlorpromazine...
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    brand name Yasmin among others. The medication is an analog of the drug spironolactone. Drospirenone is taken by mouth. Common side effects include acne, headache...
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    steroidal antimineralocorticoid of the spirolactone group related to spironolactone that was never marketed. It is the lactonic form of mexrenoic acid (mexrenoate)...
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    currently available aldosterone antagonists such as eplerenone and spironolactone, which should result in fewer adverse effects like gynaecomastia, impotence...
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    birth control pill, spironolactone has shown a 33 to 85% reduction in acne lesions in women. The effectiveness of spironolactone for acne appears to be...
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    (spirolactone) SC-8109 SC-11927 (CS-1) SC-19886 SC-27169 Spirorenone Spironolactone Spiroxasone Tibolone Trimegestone Vamorolone ZK-91587 ZK-97894 Nonsteroidal:...
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    Promegestone Prorenone Rosterolone RU-15328 SC-5233 (spirolactone) Spironolactone Spirorenone Spiroxasone Topterone Trimegestone Trimethyltrienolone (R-2956)...
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    Rifampicin Rifaximin Rimexolone Riodipine Ritonavir Simvastatin Sirolimus Spironolactone Spiroxatrine SR-12813 Suberoylanilide Sulfisoxazole Suramin Tacrolimus...
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  • with more significant symptoms, birth control pills or the diuretic spironolactone may be useful. Over 90% of women report having some premenstrual symptoms...
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    chronic CSR had improved visual acuity compared to control patients. Spironolactone is a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist that may help reduce the...
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    (spirolactone) SC-8109 SC-11927 (CS-1) SC-19886 SC-27169 Spirorenone Spironolactone Spiroxasone Tibolone Trimegestone Vamorolone ZK-91587 ZK-97894 Nonsteroidal:...
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    Promegestone Prorenone Rosterolone RU-15328 SC-5233 (spirolactone) Spironolactone Spirorenone Spiroxasone Topterone Trimegestone Trimethyltrienolone (R-2956)...
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  • Anti-seborrheics Antiandrogens Bicalutamide Cyproterone acetate Flutamide Spironolactone Antifungals Bifonazole Cetrimonium bromide (cetrimide) Ciclopirox olamine...
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  • Bisoprolol Digoxin Enalapril Furosemide Hydrochlorothiazide Losartan Spironolactone Complementary: Digoxinα Dopamineα Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) Clopidogrel...
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    Anti-seborrheics Antiandrogens Bicalutamide Cyproterone acetate Flutamide Spironolactone Antifungals Bifonazole Cetrimonium bromide (cetrimide) Ciclopirox olamine...
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  • xipamide clopamide Potassium-sparing diuretics: amiloride triamterene spironolactone eplerenone In the United States, the JNC8 (Eighth Joint National Committee...
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    sodium loss induced by spironolactone in the urine, however this does not reduce the antihypertensive effects of spironolactone. Furthermore, antiplatelet...
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    producing putrescine for stabilizing their DNA. Antiandrogens, including spironolactone, cyproterone acetate, flutamide, bicalutamide, and finasteride, can...
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