Selective Malabsorption of Vitamin B12

Abstract

A dose response curve was constructed and showed that potassium excretion decreased as the dose of triamterene rose. Triamterene promotes natruresis in patients with edema resistant to other forms of therapy. The duration of the natruretic and diuretic actions is 16 hours with maxi¬ mum excretion occurring within 12 hours. The optimal natruretic dose of triamterene is 100 mg.An average of 23 blood pressure determinations per indi¬ vidual over a span of 4 to 5 years was recorded for 100 persons ranging in age from 61 to 99 years. Over this pe¬