Hi Mike,
It is my understanding that diuretics are dangerous for RSd. the reason I was told is because our edema is caused by fluid ,being held or leaked within the nerve cell. Not the typical tissue swelling. Direutics work for people that have connective tissue disorders etc as the swelling is in the tissues. When you have RSD and take diruetics, it increases muscle spasms and dysfunction.
Not a good thing for us.Jose had good advise on drinking more water. We generally are dehydrated and just the nature of RSD keeps our limbs from being supplied adquetaly with blood flow which also moves water through our bodies.Our edema is very unique like every thing else with this disease. I had so much fluid once in both legs, from the nerve cells, I was hospitalized and they successfully removed seven pounds of fluid from each leg- but with a ketamine infusion and another medicine that starts with an m... mizondian - something like that sorry I cant remember the name-it is listed in Dr. Hoosmands puzzles. Hope this helps. My primary, thinking she was helping put me on a diruetic recently due to my upper back swellling. The spasms almost killed me- she quickly told me to stop taking it. When I told my Rsd doctor this he explained to me why the diruetic was not right for us. I hope this helps. Good luck. cz