Help Your Spironolactone and Eplerenone Patients Take Their Med Safely

December 2017

Many eligible heart failure patients don't take spironolactone (Aldactone, etc) or eplerenone (Inspra).

These "aldosterone antagonists" may be combined with other heart failure meds (lisinopril, carvedilol, etc) to help patients stay out of the hospital...and to reduce death.

Expect patients getting an aldosterone antagonist to "start low and go slow"...to help reduce side effects.

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