Mon, Jul-21-03, 21:40
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Senior Member
Posts: 140
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 208/205/150
BF:
Progress: 5%
Location: Barrie, ON, Canada
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Hi jgoddess!
Diovan is a combination of an angiotensin II receptor blocker and hydrochlorothiazide (a thiazide diuretic) - it's not a beta blocker at all.
Basically, angiotensin causes your body to retain water (so the Diovan therefore blocks this effect). The hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic, so it causes your body to lose more water through your kidneys etc.
If anything, I would think that a diuretic would help you lose weight because it gets rid of excess fluid. I'm not sure exactly what effects it would have in regard to this WOE though- sounds like from what Atkins wrote that it may inhibit loss slightly.
Cathy
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