Furosemide User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• Errol
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 2, 2023

Lasix (furosemide) for Heart Failure "I initially complained to the GP at private clinics and hospitals in South Africa about not being able to sleep lying down. Following incompetence by the clinic and two private hospitals, I was admitted to the heart ward in a public facility that is also an academic hospital. The doctors put me on 4 x 80 mg (injectable) for the first 3 days. After two days, the swelling in my legs and body had gone down. I was peeing more than 2000 ml every 12 hours. By the 5th day, I was back to normal. From the start, I had no discomfort in the stomach and no nausea like I had while in the private hospitals. Clearly, while the private hospital used Lasix and also prescribed Lasix, the dosage of 40 mg per day was ineffective."

• Anonymous
• February 15, 2009

For Heart Failure "This medication works very quickly and effectively. I take Lasix/furosemide at night and I have to get up two to three times a night to release all of the fluid which I retain durring the day. By morning I have lost between 4 to 5 lbs of fluid in my body."

• Joode
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• September 17, 2017

For Edema "I've been diagnosed with pulmonary edema, and that not only effects my lungs, but I get severe swelling of my feet and legs. The doc prescribed 20mg once per day. I can't take it that often. It works (within 45 minutes I'm running to the bathroom every 20 minutes for about 5 hours), the swelling goes down and I can breath easier, but it gives me horrendous leg cramps, even up into my thighs. I drink water, and gatorade, as well as eat bananas, but it doesn't help. I call it the "evil pill". But, if it gets rid of the fluid I guess I'll keep taking it, even if it's not as often as I should."

• Ninaeb
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 25, 2020

For Edema "I had a hip replacement go real bad & had to have it replaced after 11 years. I had a home nurse who weighed me & I gained 18 lbs in 2 weeks. My blood pressure wasn't dangerously high but higher than normal & I was extremely short of breath. I was prescribed Furosemide 20mg & Potassium Chloride CRYS ER 10 TBCR. I've lost the 18 lbs over 4 days but it gave me a really bad bladder infection with fever. Now I'm taking Nitrofurantoin Monohyd Mac for infection. My blood pressure is normal & breathing better. I guess I'd say it is helping but watch out for the bladder infection."

• Inpain
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 16, 2021

For Heart Failure "On lasix 20 mg for one year helps lower blood pressure and no swelling anywhere but I find after I take the lasix I get a severe pain in my right ribs and bad muscle pain in my back. I will see how it goes for a while longer before I get my doctor to change it there are other pills you can get instead of lasix does not agree with you. Keep safe and well."

• b mit...
• October 2, 2009

For Heart Failure "furosemide: This medication works very quickly and effectively. I take Lasix/furosemide daily in the morning. I am retired to release all of the fluid which I retain. I have lost between 4 to 5 lbs of fluid in my body."

• dream...
• March 30, 2008

For Edema "This medication really does what it is suppose to for me!!! I have edema,(some times really bad) and it works great, but make sure that you can have full access to the restroom. It usually takes about 20 mins to work."

• Daddy...
• October 16, 2009

For Edema "I am 62 and never had any problem with pedal edema until I began having to take medications for 'severe restless leg syndrome' and my meralgia paresthetica. Suddenly I was experiencing such edema problems that not only were my ankles drastically swollen but the edema moved upward to involve my entire calf area bilaterally. After just one day taking furosemide there was almost no edema at all - and that was on just 40 mg. I am sure the furosemide is responsible for controlling the edema because if I miss even one day, the drastic ankle and calf edema returns. This is one GREAT medicine."

• Ben
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 29, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "My 90 year old Nan (otherwise healthy) was taking furosemide 40mg for 5 months due to hypertension. She has been psychotic, severely dehydrated, confused, breathing problems and experienced sight loss and deafness. She also has been bedridden. Once finally stopped after seeing doctors finally, ALL side effects have disappeared except for blurred vision and now have an opthalmology appointment at hospital to see if anything can be done. Please be aware. Everyone reacts differently to drugs. I know another 88 year old (otherwise healthy) who has had excellent experience taking furosemide 40mg."

• Hollie
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 18, 2021

Lasix (furosemide) for Edema "I was on Lasix for swelling in legs and this done wonders for me, two 20mg a day. Really took the swelling down, glad, as swelling was moving quickly to stomach area. Positive experience, it took swelling down quickly."

• Linzy...
• March 30, 2014

For Pulmonary Edema "Right after surgery, I had a fever, confusion, my blood pressure and rate of breathing went very low. I had not pee'd for several hours, I had an oxygen level of 60 while I was sleepy and out of it. I was given 60mg of Lasix and not even 15 minutes later I was non stop peeing, my blood pressure and rate of breathing picked up quite a lot. I can't even imagine that the pee kept going on and on with the girls using bedpans for me. I was just out of surgery so that was necessary. Doctor kept the oxygen level up to an 8 for the rest of the night. I believe that the medicine saved my life even though I threw up on it."

• Jillyn
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 25, 2022

Lasix (furosemide) for Edema "On 1/30/22, I woke up with ankle & foot swelling & pain out of nowhere. I thought it may have been connected to a full body massage I'd gotten 2 days before that but, at this point, it seems it's not. I'm still having this issue 3.5 weeks later, but now the edema is pitting. I saw my Dr 2 days ago & she pointed out that my calves are also swollen. She prescribed this med for me to take twice a day for three days. She's also sending me for an echocardiogram. So far, I've taken one dose & it maybe the last one I take. I've got the absolute worst optical/sinus headache. I've taken my rx migraine med, rx ibuprofen & 2 OTC sinus pills with no luck. I'm aware headaches are a possible side effect but I didn't expect it to be this bad. As expected, I'm peeing a lot, but the negatives are outweighing the positives."

• blues...
• December 22, 2008

For Edema "I have been retaining fluid really bad in my legs and hands. I tried a mild water pill but it didn't work very well. My doctor prescribed Furosemide 40mg along with a potassium pill. It has been working really well. I need to do a blood test in 3 weeks to make sure everything is okay."

• ritab...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 24, 2015

For High Blood Pressure "I have been on Furosemide for about 6 weeks now. I was told I would be racing to the bathroom all the time - not! Probably because I am also on a medicine for "leaking" - Oxybutynin 5 mg one twice daily. I do not get up at night time, do not go much during the day - about every 4 hours; have gained 12 pounds in a month and my diabetes is no longer under control."

• das
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 28, 2022

For Edema "Am on 40 mg furosemide 2x a day. It does nothing for my edema. Does nothing to help me urinate. Totally useless for my edema. Still retaining all that water. One alarming side effect is that it makes me faint if I raise up from a squatting position or from sitting on the floor. I'll kneel down to pick something up, then stand up and bam, I'm out within 2 seconds. Have hurt myself many times when hitting the floor from fainting. This is listed as a possible side effect for this drug. I had the same fainting with torsemide too, only worse. I don't know what kind of diuretic will be safe for me, but it isn't furosemide. My cardiologist's response was would I rather have my blood pressure under control with the help of this drug, or whine about fainting. Nice choice huh."

• Lzargia
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 5, 2021

For Heart Failure "Taking 3mos. I took a stool softener after 1 st month when had no change & then peed every 3 mins for a few days, was uncomfortable but had swollen so much couldn't bend & skin was tearing from inside out, so was worth it. Most of the hair on my body had fallen out, & lost 30lbs in 3wks. Spent 30 days swollen because 1st hosp said allergy then Dr said glands. Went to diff hosp & found had congestive heart & liver failure. Was severely swollen then. This med actually brought me back to my real weight of 120lbs from 149lbs. The stool softener was critical tho & it sucked for the 1st few weeks having to stop if in car every 15 minutes, but now at normal weight tho still taking & if miss a day will swell some"

• Lurky
• August 16, 2009

For Edema "I took my first dose of Furosemide yesterday morning,1 x 20mg tablet at 6.00am (when I take other medicines). I fell asleep and woke at 11.15am and felt tipsey, restless and had twitches and tingling in my hands and fingers. I also had a very dry mouth and was very thirsty and did more housework than I've done in the last 3 months put together. I suffer from chronic back pain and chronic sciatica and even though I was in a great deal of pain I couldn't stop cleaning. Today I still don't feel quite right and every muscle screams in protest as I move."

• joccon
• July 26, 2021

For Pulmonary Edema "I don't get the swelling of the calves and ankles with edema. Mine is pulmonary edema. For some reason my lungs fill up with fluid. Furosemide drains every bit of that out of me. It's a powerful fast acting diuretic and it gets the job done. I'm on 40mg once daily or as needed."

• Brians...
• November 26, 2008

For Hypercalcemia "Furosemide acts quickly and consistently. My only input is that you would do well to watch your potassium intake since this medication dumps electrolytes at the loop of henle, in the kidneys. Eat your bananas, oranges and potatoes. ALWAYS let your doctor know you take it. My son was given an antibiotic, that also lowered potassium, and the allergist kept insisting that the baby did NOT take Lasix, that was for old people. I had to show him the bottle for him to believe that I had not mixed up medication names. Anyway, my son had to have a potassium supplement due to the medicine regime. This could have been dangerous for my son, hence my warning."

• S-Novak
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 21, 2024

Lasix (furosemide) for Edema "The drug worked as intended, edema (etiology: rare adverse reaction to Na-valproate) was completely gone by day 7 of treatment. The only 'side effect' was initial frequent and torrential passage of urine (which was the drug working as intended), mostly subsided by day 3. The drug is very cheap."

• Anonymous
• June 16, 2008

For Edema "I use this mediciation to treat psuedotumor. I was taking the medication twice daily but had to go to 3 times a day because it was keeping the fluid down as much as I needed it too. It does not make me need to use the restroom all that much."

• Bree
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 22, 2022

Lasix (furosemide) for Edema "First time taking I worked two 12s without compression stockings got 4+ putting edema to both feet and ankles. Dr prescribed lasix 40 and I took one dose and used the compressions and I was fine. Year later I spent 5 days in 35+ heat and came home with the same edema. Used one dose of the lasix, wore compression for 12 hours, and did some legs up the wall for about 10 mins. My swelling was completely gone within two days and stayed away. I’m 24."

• kroyval
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 29, 2021

For Edema "I had been told to take this medication whenever I swell up. My swelling is from toes to abdomen also my hands and face. When I told my PA that the medication was not working she said that a higher dose "would make your kidneys lazy". Comments such as this is WHY I insist on my husband coming in for every doctor visit. This swelling IS extremely painful and has cost me far too many days of my life. THIS added to a rotten spine (and multiple surgeries) has stolen TIME, time that is not sitting around awaiting redos. Need something BETTER than the lasix."

• Jim
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 31, 2023

"I have an enlarged prostate and suffered from frequent nighttime visits to pee. This was tiring with 5-6 toilet visits every night. My GP gave me furosemide to try, and it has made a huge difference. Yes, I pee more during the day, but as long as I do not drink after 6:30 pm, then more often than not, I sleep all night with no interruptions. Another side effect is losing weight - a bonus. UK. (GP = family doctor)"

• Yes
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 16, 2021

For Edema "I have CHF and unfortunately, edema comes with the territory. Thankful to have Lasix (furosemide), what I call my "miracle drug". Yes, Lasix has many side effects, but it has saved my life on more than one occasion, both at home and during hospitalization. In the past, I have had home emergencies where my fluid retention was out control and I was short of breath and had to double my Lasix dosage and within an hour or less, I was breathing normally. My cardiologist started me on 40 mgs of Lasix once a day, than 20 mgs, and I'm presently on 40 mgs twice daily. In the past, I have been on the VENTILATOR 3 times due to fluid retention around my heart and in my lungs. I can say without a doubt that my "miracle drug" Lasix, is one of the reasons I was able to survive for close to 20 years with CHF. Pray for a CHF cure. God Bless Everyone."