Syndrome+of+Innapropriate+Anti-Diuretic+Hormone

Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti Diuretic Hormone:

Drug Therapies for SIADH:

General treatment for the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) may include: - Water restriction in diet (may be kept as low as 500/600mL over 24 hours). - High sodium and high protein diet

Medications used to treat the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) may include: - Diuretics: furosemide (Lasix) - Hypertonic saline 3% - Demeclocycline (Declomycin) - Urea - Lithium - Conivaptan (Vaprisol) - a non-peptide inhibitor of antidiuretic hormone. This medication is a vasopressin receptor antagonist. - Tolvaptan (Samsca) - is a selective competitive vasopressin 2 receptor antagonist

Journal Article SIADH:

http://ckj.oxfordjournals.org/content/2/suppl_3/iii12.full