Triamterene 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. Triamterene is used to treat fluid retention in people with congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, or a kidney condition called nephrotic syndrome. Triamterene is also used to treat edema caused by using steroid medicine or having too much aldosterone in your body.
The biggest coral reef in the continental U.S. is dissolving into the ocean. Be the first to know about new stories from PowerPost. Sign up to follow, and weâll e-mail you free updates as theyâre published. Youâll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published.
Centuries of coral growth can be broken into fragments in the first moments of collision with a big large ship. Living coral is crushed by the sheer weight of the vessel. Cargo or fuel spilled onto the reef can do additional damage. Large freighters and ships that accidentally run aground get the most attention for killing large areas of coral reefs.