
#170 Hypernatremia is Easy with Joel Topf MD
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Is There a Difference Between Thiazides and Acetazolamide for Nephrogenic Di?
There are patients with congenital nephrogenic di and there's patients with long-term exposure to lithium. One of the conventional therapies has been giving patients a thiazide type diuretic. And then they tried to see the zolomide on those and the rats had a dramatic reduction in urine output. I've tried it in a few patients and I've been really impressed with how effective it is. It actually was is very potent at reducing this lithium-induced increased urine output, this DI.
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