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Diuretics
- increase volume
of urine produced
- decrease volume
of intracellular
fluid
- used in treatment
of hypertension
- inhibit Na+
reabsorption
by the
nephron
- Osmotic Diuretic- alter
osmotic driving force
along the nephron
- Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors -
inhibit CA activity, required for
Na+ reabsorption in the PT
- Loop Diuretics- organic
anions that inhibit Na
reabsorption by TAL
- Thiazide diuretics -
organice anions that block
Na reabsorption in the DT
- K+ sparing diuretics- organic
cations that either antagonize
aldosterone's action or block
Na entry in CCD
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