finerenone

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -renone (“spironolactone derivative”).

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Noun

finerenone (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A non-steroidal antimineralocorticoid in trials for the treatment of chronic heart failure.
   • 2024 September 1, Jacqueline Howard, “Kidney disease medication found to reduce risk of cardiovascular death in certain heart failure patients in new study”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     If the FDA expands the use of finerenone as a heart failure therapy, cardiologist Dr. Michelle Bloom said, she would think about it as an option for her patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction.