A 55-year-old male with kidney stones has been placed on a diuretic to decrease calcium excretion. However, after a few weeks, he develops an attack of gout. Which diuretic was he taking?

A 55-year-old male with kidney stones has been placed on a diuretic to decrease calcium excretion. However, after a few weeks, he develops an attack of gout. Which diuretic was he taking?

A 70-year-old woman is admitted to the emergency department because of a 'fainting spell' at home. Her blood pressure is 110/60 when lying down and 60/40 when she sits up. Questioning reveals that she has recently started taking 'water pills' (diuretics) for a heart condition. Which of the following drugs is the most likely to cause other fainting spell?

A patient taking an oral diuretic for about 6 months presents with elevated fasting and postprandial blood glucose levels. You check the patient's blood glucose level and find it is elevated compared with normal baseline values obtained 6 months ago. You suspect the glycemic problems are diureticinduced. Which of the following was the most likely cause?

A hypertensive patient has been on long-term therapy with lisinopril for hypertension. The drug isn't controlling pressure as well as wanted, so the physician decides to add triamterene as the (only) second drug. Which of the following is the most likely outcome of adding this diuretic to the ACE inhibitor regimen?

A patient has been referred to you because of recent-onset ventricular ectopy, second degree AV nodal block, chromatopsia, and other extracardiac signs and symptoms of digoxin intoxication; He is treated with furosemide and digoxin for his heart failure. Blood tests show that serum digoxin levels are well within a normal range. We believe the problems are diuretic-induced. Which of the following does the diuretic most likely do to account for the digoxin toxicity?