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All of the following statements about nesiritide are true except

It is a BNP analogues

It can be used in decompensated congestive hea failure

It can be administered orally

It causes loss of sodium ions in the urine

High-Yield Explanation

Nesiritide is a recombinant BNP It produces vasodilatation and natriuresis It can be administered by intravenous route( because being a peptide it can be metabolized by peptidases in git) Refer kDT 6/e 507

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