Potassium-Sparing Diuretics and Mechanism of Action

Patient was educated on potassium-sparing diuretics and mechanism of action as follows: Potassium-sparing diuretics are diuretics that act on the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct, a part of the renal tubule, involved in the reabsorption of water and solutes from the urine. Some potassium-sparing diuretics (Amiloride and Triamterene) inhibit the reabsorption of water and sodium and chloride from the urine, which results in increased excretion and loss of water and these salts in the [...]