Furosemide, bumetanide, and ethacrynic acid

Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 1993 Dec;9(3):511-22. doi: 10.1016/s0749-0739(17)30383-8.

Abstract

Furosemide and, less commonly, bumetanide and ethacrynic acid are potent diuretics administered to horses for a variety of reasons, including prophylaxis of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. These drugs affect urine volume and composition, and furosemide has marked effects on plasma volume and composition and on systemic hemodynamics at rest and during exercise.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bumetanide / pharmacokinetics
  • Bumetanide / pharmacology
  • Cardiovascular System / drug effects
  • Doping in Sports
  • Ethacrynic Acid / pharmacokinetics
  • Ethacrynic Acid / pharmacology
  • Furosemide / pharmacokinetics
  • Furosemide / pharmacology*
  • Horses / metabolism*
  • Kidney / drug effects
  • Physical Exertion / drug effects
  • Plasma Volume / drug effects
  • Respiration / drug effects

Substances

  • Bumetanide
  • Furosemide
  • Ethacrynic Acid