Your Flexible Diuretic Regimen

Name:
Your Target Weight:
Kilograms Pounds
Current Furosemide Dose: AM: mg
PM: mg
Date:
April 4th 2025
Instructions
  • Weigh yourself first thing in the morning after emptying your bladder and before breakfast.
  • Record your weight on your daily weight record.
  • Find your weight on the chart below. Look to the right, and take the dose of furosemide (Lasix) according to the directions.
Diuretic Regimen
Weight Diuretic Dose
Less than 78.9 kg Don't take furosemide
Between 79 and 81.4 kg Take 40 mg (1 tablet) of furosemide in the morning
Between 81.5 and 82 kg Take 80 mg (2 tablets) of furosemide in the morning
Over 82.1 kg Take 80 mg (2 tablets) of furosemide in the morning and 80 mg (2 tablets) in the afternoon
WARNINGS
If your weight does not come down after 3 days of highest dose of furosemide, call your family doctor (click to change)

NOTE: ‘Target Weight’ may change! Please contact clinic if you think you may have gained or lost body weight.
Disclaimer: For educational use only. This tool has not been rigorously tested in research and is not recommended for clinical use at this time.
Created by Dr. Pavel Antiperovitch for the Heart Failure program at the London Health Sciences Centre