Torsemide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Torsemide is a medicine sold in the U.S. under 2 brand and generic names. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet · Solution
- Sold as
- 2 products — Demadex and Soaanz
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $2 for a 30-count supply — not your price
Every torsemide product we track (2)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
| # | Drug | Rating | Type | Form | Generic? | Pharmacy pays | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Tablet | Generic | $2 | View → | |
| 2 | Not yet rated | Prescription | Tablet | Generic | $2 | View → |
What torsemide pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
How long torsemide keeps
No torsemide label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Torsemide and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for torsemide: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadBecause little information is available on the use of torsemide during breastfeeding and because intense diuresis might decrease lactation, an alternate drug may be preferred, especially while nursing a newborn or preterm infant. Low doses of torsemide may not suppress lactation.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised August 15, 2024. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about torsemide
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 33,356 reports naming torsemide, and the FDA flagged 81% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- dyspnoea3,528 reports
- fatigue2,215 reports
- diarrhoea2,081 reports
- nausea2,044 reports
- dizziness1,959 reports
- acute kidney injury1,797 reports
- general physical health deterioration1,651 reports
- fall1,642 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean torsemide caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved August 26, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
Can you take torsemide with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run torsemide against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What brand names is torsemide sold under?
We track 2 torsemide-containing products in the U.S.: Demadex and Soaanz. They are the same active ingredient; they differ in form, manufacturer, price and FDA recall record.
What forms does torsemide come in?
Across the brands we track, torsemide is currently marketed as tablet and solution, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic torsemide?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled torsemide product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Cite this page
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- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Torsemide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/torsemide
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- “Torsemide: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/torsemide.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for torsemide on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.