Renal and hemodynamic responses to bumetanide in hypertension: Effects of nitrendipine

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The effects of a calcium antagonist on the response to a loop diuretic were tested in eight hypertensive patients while they received 120 mmol · 24 hr-1 of dietary Na. Nitrendipine (N; 20 mg) or placebo (P) was administered twice daily for five days and bumetanide (B; 1 mg, i.v.) for the last three days of each period. Cardiac index (CI) was measured during tilt. B alone significantly (P < 0.05; N = 7) reduced CI and increased total peripheral resistance; N prevented these effects of B. Neither drug altered BP consistenly. Although three days of B increased plasma renin activity (PRA) during P and N, it increased plasma aldosterone (P(Aldo)) only during P (P, 4.4 ± 1.3 to 7.6 ± 1.0; P < 0.05. N, 5.7 ± 1.3 to 6.0 ± 1.3; pg · liter-1; NS). B increased Na excretion without changing GFR or RPF; this was followed by 18 hours of decreased renal Na excretion. These actions were unchanged by N. N did not change the cumulative excretion of B (P, 268 ± 35 vs. N, 217 ± 21 μg) or the relationship between Na excretion and the log of B excretion. However, Na excretion was increased (P < 0.05) by 40 to 60% in the six hour period following the first two doses of N. Therefore, the cumulative Na balance was more negative during five days of N (P, -47 ± 17 vs. N, -108 ± 24 mmol; P < 0.05). The effect of N and B on Na balance were independent. In conclusion, short-term administration of N: 1) increases CI and reduces TPRI in the post-diuretic state; 2) blunts B-induced increase in P(Aldo) without modifying the rise in PRA; 3) does not change B kinetics or dynamics or the post-diuretic period of renal Na retention; 4) causes negative Na balance which is additive with that produced by B.

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Wilcox, C. S., Loon, N. R., Ameer, B., & Limacher, M. C. (1989). Renal and hemodynamic responses to bumetanide in hypertension: Effects of nitrendipine. Kidney International, 36(4), 719–725. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.1989.252

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