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Hormonal Treatments
Hormonal treatments such as oral contraceptives or intrauterine devices (IUDS) alters the menstrual cycle and lessen the amount of fluid retention. Within the four phases of the menstrual cycle, water retention occurs during the Luteal phase due to the production of the hormone progesterone and estrogen. The increase of these hormones results in an increase in water retention. Hormonal treatments are then used to reduce the amount of progesterone and estrogen that are produces and therefore, leading to a reduce amount of fluid.

Diuretics
In the setting of increased fluid retention, the use of Diuretics is for the removal of fluid in the body. Diuretics are the foremost therapy for volume overload and includes several classes whose mechanisms of actions, pharmacokinetics, and adverse effects are involved in the principles of nephrology. The therapy consists of drugs that pharmacologically adjusts the renal fluid regulation in favor of excreting water and electrolytes. This class of drugs works to achieves the objective of fluid removal through the increase in production and volume of urine.