The most important reason for the thiazides being only moderately efficacious diuretics is:
A) About 9/10th of glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed proximal to their site of action
B) Compensatory increase in reabsorption at sites not affected by these drugs
C) They decrease glomerular filtration
D) They have relatively flat dose response curve
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Q12: Thiazide diuretics and furosemide have directionally opposite
Q13: The Na+-Cl- symport in the early
Q14: Choose the correct statement about thiazide diuretics:
A)They
Q15: Thiazide diuretics enhance K+ elimination in urine
Q16: The primary site of action of thiazide
Q18: Given drug is
A)Hydrochlorthiazide
B)Acetazolamide
C)Furosemide
D)Ethacrinic acid
Q19: Long-term thiazide therapy can cause hyperglycaemia by:
A)Reducing
Q20: Which of the following is a potassium
Q21: Choose the correct statement about osmotic diuretics:
A)They
Q22: The primary mechanism by which antidiuretic hormone
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