to get the best answer to your question i'd suggest picking up the phone and discussing your concerns with your health care provider. he or she will be happy to explain the rationale behind leaving you on spironolactone while discontinuing the other drugs. my hunch is that your provider feared your potassium might dip too low after withdrawing the hctz (hydrochlorothiazide) which can strip potassium from your system. by leaving you on a "potassium-sparing" diuretic (water pill) like spironolactone perhaps your provider thinks your potassium will level out. however that's just a guess. obviously i can't read your provider's mind. as i said your best bet is to ask your provider directly. wishing you all the best!
i have high potassium and dr recently d/c hctz and lisinopril but left me on spironolactone. is this right? . type 1 diabetic 21 years heart stent stage 3 kidney disease. 29 yrs old female