Taking rosiglitazone doesn't affect how well amiloride (another diuretic) removes salt from the body in insulin-resistant people.

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

overstated

Study Design Support

Design cannot support claim

Appropriate Language Strength

association

Can only show association/correlation

Assessment Explanation

The abstract uses causal language ('changed'), but the study design is a cohort study without confirmed RCT details, so causation cannot be established; the claim should use association language.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

31

Preserved response to diuretics in rosiglitazone-treated subjects with insulin resistance: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2011 Apr

Contradicting (0)

0

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Preserved response to diuretics in rosiglitazone-treated subjects with insulin resistance: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover study

Score: 31

DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2010.360

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