UREX

( ARTG ) UREX FORTE (furosemide 500 mg):,Furosemide in a high-dosage formulation such as UREX FORTE (500 mg tablets) is intended exclusively for patients with severely impaired renal function. For use under strict medical supervision only within a hospital setting (see 4.2 Dose and Method of Administration). High doses of furosemide may be used as an adjuvant treatment of oliguria and in the promotion of diuresis in the treatment of oedema; in selected patients with acute renal failure, e.g. in the post-operative phase and in association with septic infections; in selected patients with chronic renal failure with fluid retention, both in the predialysis phase and when dialysis has become unavoidable, especially in the presence of acute pulmonary oedema; in selected patients with the nephrotic syndrome with severe impairment of renal function e.g. in chronic glomerulonephritis, lupus erythematous and Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome. If diuresis is less than 2.5 L/day dialysis has to be used.