Actual Therapeutic Indication of an Old Drug: Urea for Treatment of Severely Symptomatic and Mild Chronic Hyponatremia Related to SIADH

Actual Therapeutic Indication of an Old Drug: Urea for Treatment of Severely Symptomatic and Mild Chronic Hyponatremia Related to SIADH

Oral urea has been used in the past to treat various diseases like gastric ulcers, liver metastases, sickle cell disease, heart failure, brain oedema, glaucoma, Meniere disease, etc. We have demonstrated for years, the efficacy of urea to treat euvolemic (SIADH) or hypervolemic hyponatremia. We brie...

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Main Authors: Guy Decaux, Fabrice Gankam Kengne, Bruno Couturier, Frédéric Vandergheynst, Wim Musch, Alain Soupart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
hyponatremia
urea
V2 antagonist
ODS
SIADH
high ceiling diuretics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/3/3/1043

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