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Triamterene

Known as: Triamterenum, 6-Phenyl-2,4,7-pteridinetriamine, Triamteren 
A pteridine derivative with potassium-sparing diuretic property. Triamterene blocks the sodium-potassium exchange pump (Na-K-ATPase) in the luminal… 
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Narrower (17)

4-hydroxytriamtereneBIBW 22DyreniumDytac
AmilorideAnuriaDecreased Blood Pressure [PE]Decreased Renal Ca++ Excretion [PE]

Broader (3)

DiureticsEpithelial Sodium Channel BlockersPteridines

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Aldosterone Blockers (Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism) and Potassium‐Sparing Diuretics
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2011;13:644–648. ©2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 
1996
1996
New sensitive method for the determination of hydrochlorothiazide in human serum by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
Review
1993
Review
1993
Identifying Pneumocystis carinii in Pleural Effusions
TO THE EDITOR: In their review of pleural effusions in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Joseph and… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Magnesium depletion, diuretics, and arrhythmias.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Diuretic-induced hypokalemia in uncomplicated systemic hypertension: effect of plasma potassium correction on cardiac arrhythmias.
1980
1980
Toxicity to HeLa cell of 205 drugs as determined by the metabolic inhibition test supplemented by microscopy.
1979
1979
Triamterene-induced nephrolithiasis.
Excerpt A patient passed kidney stones composed entirely of a mixture of triamterene and a metabolic product of triamterene… 
1975
1975
Increasing the inotropic effect and toxic dose of digitalis by the administration of antikaliuretic drugs--further evidence for a cardiac effect of diuretic agents.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Plasma levels of methotrexate in cancer patients as studied by an improved spectrophotofluorometric method.
1970
1970
Mechanism of triamterene-induced megaloblastosis.
Abstract A patient with cirrhosis of the liver who developed megaloblastosis despite normal serum and red cell folate levels… 
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