What exactly are water pills?!
Question:
What exactly are water pills?
just curious..saw questions about them
Answers:
That's a common term for diuretics, which cause the excretion of larger amounts of fluid (through urine) than would normally occur. Their primary use in medicine is to reduce blood volume in patients with certain types of heart disease to lessen stress on the heart. They are also used to induce rapid weight loss in desperate dieters - this is only temporary and potentially dangerous because there is also significant loss of certain electrolytes which can impair nerve and muscle function.