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What is a diuretic?
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Water pills: Medications that increase urine production.
Answered 7/25/2013
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Diuretic: 44F from NO ASKS WHAT A DIURETIC. ANS: recommend you google this. In brief they decrease Na reabsorbption from the renal tubule so that more Na goes into the urine. Thus your body Na decreases if your Na intake remains the same. Good to lower BP,
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