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  • Title: Ethacrynic acid can be effective for refractory congestive heart failure and ascites.
    Author: Alisky JM, Tuttle TF.
    Journal: South Med J; 2003 Nov; 96(11):1148-50. PubMed ID: 14632366.
    Abstract:
    Ethacrynic acid is a loop diuretic little used today because of its side-effect profile and the availability of multiple alternative agents. However, in our clinical experience, ethacrynic acid can alleviate acute congestive heart failure and ascites resistant to other diuretics. Two patients aged 89 and 94 in life-threatening pulmonary edema were stabilized by ethacrynic acid after furosemide proved ineffective. A third patient, aged 83, with a pleural effusion and ascites secondary to end-stage hepatitis B and C, responded to ethacrynic acid when spironolactone and furosemide produced little urine output. Ethacrynic acid may have a unique niche as a diuretic of last resort, especially in geriatric practice.
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