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| ==Indications and Usage==
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| MIDAMOR is indicated as adjunctive treatment with [[thiazide ]][[diuretic]]s or other kaliuretic-[[diuretic]] agents in congestive heart failure or hypertension to:
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| *help restore normal serum potassium levels in patients who develop hypokalemia on the kaliuretic [[diuretic]]
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| *prevent development of hypokalemia in patients who would be exposed to particular risk if hypokalemia were to develop, e.g., digitalized patients or patients with significant cardiac arrhythmias.
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| The use of potassium-conserving agents is often unnecessary in patients receiving [[diuretic]]s for uncomplicated essential [[hypertension]] when such patients have a normal diet. MIDAMOR has little additive [[diuretic]] or antihypertensive effect when added to a [[thiazide ]][[diuretic]].
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| MIDAMOR should rarely be used alone. It has weak (compared with thiazides) [[diuretic]] and antihypertensive effects. Used as single agents, potassium sparing [[diuretic]]s, including MIDAMOR, result in an increased risk of [[hyperkalemia]] (approximately 10% with amiloride). MIDAMOR should be used alone only when persistent [[hypokalemia]] has been documented and only with careful titration of the dose and close monitoring of serum electrolytes.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = MIDAMOR (AMILORIDE HYDROCHLORIDE) TABLET [PADDOCK LABORATORIES, INC.] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=f4cde6e4-12cb-4e30-920f-5b94576b4863 | publisher = | date = | accessdate = 26 February 2014 }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{Sodium channel blockers}}
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| {{Diuretics}}
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| [[Category:Potassium-sparing Diuretics]]
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| [[Category:Aminopyrazines]]
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| [[Category:Guanidines]]
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| [[Category:World Health Organization essential medicines]]
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| [[Category:Cardiovascular Drugs]]
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