Bumetanide

🧮 Dose calculator

Edema · Regimen source: FDA Bumetanide · Dosage and Administration

• • If inadequate, a 2nd or 3rd dose at 4–5 h intervals up to 10 mg/day. For chronic oedema alternate-day or 3–4 days on, 1–2 days off is safest. About 1 mg bumetanide ≈ 40 mg furosemide. FDA Bumetanide · Dosage and Administration

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Bumetanide · Pregnancy

  “Teratogenic Effects Bumetanide is neither teratogenic nor embryocidal in mice when given in doses up to 3400 times the maximum human therapeutic dose.”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Bumetanide · Nursing Mothers

  “As a general rule, nursing should not be undertaken while the patient is on bumetanide since it may be excreted in human milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenSafety not established

  Label: safety and effectiveness in children have not been established. FDA Bumetanide · Pediatric Use

  “Safety and effectiveness in pediatric patients below the age of 18 have not been established.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Bumetanide · Geriatric Use

  “In general, dose selection for an elderly patient should be cautious, usually starting at the low end of the dosing range, reflecting the greater frequency of decreased hepatic, renal or cardiac function, and of concomitant disease or other drug therapy.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialNo data

  The source for this drug has no section for this group.