Table 4.

Currently used pharmacological treatments for Bartter and Gitelman syndromes.

Therapeutic Approaches	Gitelman Syndrome	Bartter Syndrome
Supplemental electrolyte drugs	Mandatory, especially with magnesium loss	Mandatory
NSAIDs	Possible	Indomethacin as principal treatment in BS
Potassium Sparing Diuretics	Possible, but not recommendable	Possible, but not recommendable
Inhibitors of RAAS axis	Poorly described, but possible	Possible, especially with nephrotic damage from NSAIDs
Growth Hormone	Possible, poor evidence of efficacy	Possible, poor evidence of efficacy