Treatment of choice for SIADH is?
Correct Answer: Demeclocycline
Description: Dernedocycline REF: Katzung 9th edition page 253, Goodman and Gillman's llth edition page 507 "Treatment of hypotonicity in the setting of SIADH includes water restriction, intravenous administration of hypeonic saline, loop diuretics (which interfere with the conce-ntrating ability of the kidneys), and drugs that inhibit the effect of vasopressin to increase water permeability in the collecting ducts. To inhibit vasopressin's action in the collecting ducts, demedocyclne, a tetracycline, is the preferred drug"
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