Dr. Hershberger answers the question: 'Spironolactone Effects On Potassium?' — -- Question: What effects does spironolactone have on my blood potassium and should I be monitored while on it?

Spironolactone is safe and efficacious for treating persistent facial acne in adult women and may help avoid the need for long-term antibiotic therapy. Investigators conducted a phase 3 randomised ...

Among heart attack survivors without heart failure who were on "very good" background medical therapy, routine spironolactone was no better than placebo regarding the trial's two coprimary endpoints ...

Noninferiority trial favored amiloride as an alternative to spironolactone in lowering home systolic blood pressure (SBP) for people with resistant hypertension. Twelve weeks into the trial, mean home ...

VIENNA — Spironolactone, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), does not reduce the rates of cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis, according ...

In this audio interview, Editor-in-Chief Eric Rubin and Deputy Editor Jane Leopold discuss research being presented at the 2024 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

No reduction seen in the composite outcome of cardiovascular mortality, hospitalization due to heart failure. HealthDay News — Spironolactone does not reduce a composite outcome of cardiovascular ...