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Can you tell me how diuretics modulate stress on the heart and blood pressure?

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Dr. Glenn Messina answered

Specializes in Aesthetic Medicine

Urinating water: Diuretics increase urine output thus lessening the volume of blood circulating in the vessels. It is translated to a lowering of the BP

Answered 7/2/2014

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