Generic Name(s): Spironolactone
Brand Name(s): Aldactone, CaroSpir

This medication description is not meant for treatment prescription without a specialist's intervention

Common Uses: Aldactone (Spironolactone) 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 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.
Aldactone also treats fluid retention (edema) in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or a kidney disorder called nephrotic syndrome. This medication is also used to treat or prevent hypokalemia (low potassium levels in the blood).

Storage conditions:
Aldactone should be kept away from heat, direct light, water, moisture at a room temperature (approximately 23 degrees C). The medicine should be kept in a place unreachable for children.

All information given above is a summary. You should visit your doctor or health care provider to get more information about this medicine. Do not share this medicine with the others who it was not prescribed for. Do not use this medicine for other health conditions. Do not store this medication with an end term of its storage.