Generic name:spironolactone [ spir-ON-oh-LAK-tone ]
Brand names: Aldactone, CaroSpir
Drug classes:Aldosterone receptor antagonists, Potassium-sparing diuretics
What is Aldactone?
Aldactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic (water pill) that prevents your body from absorbing too much salt and keeps your potassium levels from getting too low.
Aldactone is used to treat heart failure, high blood pressure (hypertension), or hypokalemia (low potassium levels in the blood).
Aldactone also treats fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or a kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome.
Aldactone is also used to diagnose or treat a condition in which you have too much aldosterone in your body. Aldosterone is a hormone produced by your adrenal glands to help regulate the salt and water balance in your body.
Warnings
You should use Aldactone with caution if you have kidney problems, high levels of potassium in your blood, Addison's disease, if you are unable to urinate, or if you are also taking eplerenone.
Aldactone has caused tumors in animals but it is not known whether this could occur in people. Do not use this medicine for any condition that has not been checked by your doctor.
Before taking this medicine
You should not use Aldactone if you are allergic to spironolactone, or if you have:
Addison's disease (an adrenal gland disorder);
high levels of potassium in your blood (
