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Aldosterone blocker agents include the potassium sparing drugs. List a potassium sparing antihypertensive.

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Aldosterone blocker agents include the potassium sparing drugs. List a potassium sparing antihypertensive.

The potassium sparing drugs :-

Potassium-sparing diuretics are medicines that increase diuresis (urination) without the loss of potassium. They are generally weak diuretics and work by interfering with the sodium-potassium exchange in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidneys or as an antagonist at the aldosterone receptor.

Aldosterone advances the maintenance of sodium and water, so if potassium-saving diuretics are utilized to obstruct this impact, more sodium and water can go into the gathering pipes of the kidneys, expanding diuresis.

Since potassium-saving diuretics don't advance the emission of potassium amid diuresis they don't cause hypokalemia (low potassium levels). In any case, there is a danger of hyperkalemia (high potassium levels) on the off chance that they are utilized with different specialists that likewise hold potassium, for example, ACE inhibitors.

Potassium-sparing diuretics may be used alone or in conjunction with loop or thiazide diuretics.

List of Potassium-sparing diuretics:

Inspra (Pro) generic name: eplerenone Dyrenium (Pro) generic name: triamterene Aldactone (Pro) (Jcriciic na spironolactone Midamor (Pro) generic name: amiloride CaroSpir (Jcriciic na spironolactone

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