The nurse is preparing to discharge a client who is on multiple medications.The client asks the nurse,"Which medication is a loop diuretic?" What is the best response by the nurse?

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Furosemide (Lasix) is a loop diuretic, which works by inhibiting the sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle, leading to diuresis.

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