Toride 20mg Tablet
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Manufactured By Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
Composition Torasemide (20mg)
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Taking Torsamide with alcohol may have additive effects in lowering your blood pressure. You may experience headache, dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, and/or changes in pulse or heart rate.
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A: Yes, Toride can cause gout. It increases the blood uric acid levels by increasing its absorption from the kidneys which can cause a gout attack. Inform your doctor if you have hyperuricemia or a history of gout before taking this medicine. Use of Toride is contraindicated in patients with gout.
Q: Does Toride raise your blood sugar levels?
A: Toride can increase your blood sugar levels. This can worsen your diabetes control and affect your blood and urine sugar tests. Inform your doctor if you are a diabetic before taking Toride.
Q: Can I use Toride with spironolactone?
A: Toride can be taken with spironolactone. When used together the diuretic effect gets added along with maintaining the blood potassium levels. Toride is a loop diuretic and causes loss of potassium from your body while Spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic which prevents the loss of potassium.
Q: Does Toride cause diarrhea?
A: Diarrhea is a common side effect of Toride. Other commonly seen gastrointestinal side effects are the loss of appetite, upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and constipation.
Q: Can I take Toride with allopurinol?
A: Toride can be taken with allopurinol. Toride can increase uric acid levels and allopurinol lowers uric acid levels. So, allopurinol is given to decrease the hyperuricemic effects of Toride. However, allopurinol is not safe in patients with renal failure, so may need to be replaced with another similar medicine like febuxostat.
Q: Can I use Toride in sulfa allergy?
A: No, Toride should not be used if you have a history of sulfa allergy or to sulfonamide group of anti-diabetic drugs.
Q: Is Toride used for weight loss?
A: Toride can decrease weight by removing excessive water from your body. However, it is not used for weight loss in obese patients as it does not affect body fat.
Q: Does Toride cause electrolyte abnormalities?
A: Yes, Toride can cause electrolyte abnormalities as it works by removing water and salt from your body. It can decrease the blood potassium, sodium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium levels and increase blood sugar and uric acid levels. It is very important to get electrolytes and kidney function tests done on a regular basis while you are taking this medicine.
Q: Is Toride safe to use?
A: Toride is a safe drug if used in prescribed dose and for prescribed duration as advised by your doctor.
Q: Does Toride cause hair loss?
A: Toride is not known to cause hair loss. Consult your doctor if you have hair loss while you are taking Toride.
Q: Can Toride cause kidney failure?
A: No, Toride does not cause kidney failure, rather it is used to remove extra fluid from the body (edema) which is caused by conditions such as heart failure, liver disease, and kidney disease.
Q: Can I take Toride with prednisone?
A: Toride can be taken with prednisone. However, when used together, they can lower blood potassium levels (hypokalemia) which can be severe, causing muscle pains or cramps, loss of appetite, weakness, dizziness, or confusion. Inform your doctor if you have these symptoms. Take potassium supplements or foods rich in potassium like orange, lemon or other citrus fruit.
Q: Can I use Toride with metolazone?
A: Both Toride and metolazone are potassium-lowering diuretics. When given together, they can lower blood potassium level (hypokalemia) which can be severe, causing muscle pains or cramps, loss of appetite, weakness, dizziness, or confusion. Inform your doctor if you have these symptoms. Take potassium supplements or foods rich in potassium like orange, lemon or other citrus fruit.
Q: Does Toride have any serious side effects?
A: Serious side effects reported with the use of Toride are atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, chest pain, diarrhea, digitalis intoxication, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, hypokalemia, hypotension, hypovolemia, shunt thrombosis, rash, rectal bleeding, and syncope.
Q: Is Toride useful in the treatment of heart failure?
A: Yes, Toride is useful in the treatment of heart failure. It works by removing excess water and salt from your body and decreases the workload on the heart and as well decreases the lung congestion. This helps in improving the function of the heart in these patients.
Q: Can Toride lower potassium levels?
A: Toride can cause dehydration and lower the levels of electrolytes like potassium in your body. You can take potassium supplements or diet rich in potassium (banana, spinach, coconut water etc.) while you are taking this medicine after consulting with your doctor.
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