Table 2.

Number of weeks on different doses of spironolactone

Patient	50 mg	75 mg	100 mg	125 mg	150 mg	175 mg	200 mg	Total	Reason for withdrawal
1	1	6	8					15	LVAD implantation
2	1	8						9	Cardiac transplantation
3 (DM)	4	12						16	Rise in creatinine
4	20	2	8					30	Cardiac transplantation
5	1		19					20	Cardiac transplantation
6	160		24	16	12	2	36	250	LVAD implantation
7	1	2	12					15	Cardiac transplantation
8	18	36						54	Cardiac transplantation
9	1	4						5	Cardiac transplantation
10	6		24					30	Cardiac transplantation
11	40							40	Cardiac transplantation
12	16							16	Cardiac transplantation
13	28							28	Cardiac transplantation
14	1	1	12	4	6		30	54	Cardiac transplantation
15	1	4	2					7	Cardiac transplantation
16	30							30	Cardiac transplantation
17 (DM)	72							72	Rise in potassium
18	48							48	Rise in creatinine

DM = Diabetes mellitus; LVAD = left ventricular assist device.