Furosemide

Lasix · Loop diuretic

Generic
furosemide
Brand
Lasix
Class
Loop diuretic
Say it
fyoor-OH-se-mide

What technicians need to know

Hypokalemia

Commonly mispronounced

"FYUR-oh-sem-eyed"

The -semide pattern

Furosemide ends in -semide, which marks a loop diuretic — used for fluid overload. Learning the suffix families turns roughly 200 separate drugs into about 20 patterns you can reason from. See all the families.

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