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Diuretics: Diuretics, or water pills, are medications used to help your body get rid of extra fluid.
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Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 21 Jan. 2025
Diuretics: Also known as water pills, these medications help remove excess salt and fluid from your body.
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Alexandria Nyembwe, Phd, Rn, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Diuretics, also called water pills, help to flush excess liquid and salt out of your body by triggering your kidneys to pump out more urine.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 22 Oct. 2024
Taking senna with diuretics (water pills) may cause potassium levels in the body to become imbalanced.
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Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 July 2024
The medicines are basically water pills, said Ziebell.
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Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
Other drugs include cisplatin (a chemotherapy drug), diuretics (water pills), and salicylates (pain and fever reducers).
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Yuliya Klochan, Health, 19 June 2024
One of the most common blood pressure medications is a diuretic or water pill.
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Michael Schuh Pharm.d., Anchorage Daily News, 2 Sep. 2023
However, water pills may cause nausea, headaches, and excess water weight.
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Madeleine Burry, Health, 9 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1967, in the meaning defined above
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“Water pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20pill. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
Medical Definition
water pill
noun
: a diuretic pill
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