How do doctors treat hospitalized patients who have excess fluid?

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Discovery Health answered:

Doctors may prescribe intravenous medicines, such as loop diuretics, or vasodilator drugs, or inotropic drugs. Vasodilator drugs cause blood vessels to widen to allow more blood to flow through. Inotropic drugs stimulate the heart to beat stronger.

These intravenous drugs generally require a hospital stay of about six days.

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