Loop diuretics are usually not used as routine antihypertensive treatment, except in patients with impaired renal function and/or heart failure. Thiazide diuretics reduce BP at least in part by ...

However, diuretics might be best used as a third choice of antihypertensive drug in high-risk patients, after a renin-angiotensin inhibitor and a CCB. References Jamerson, K. et al .

A secondary analysis of the DCP shows that, compared with hydrochlorothiazide, chlorthalidone significantly increases the ...

Use of thiazide diuretics was reported by 8% of the participants ... or by “factors related to the indication for antihypertensive therapy”. They conclude, however, that the results provide ...

Some drugs, such as laxatives, oral antidiabetic agents, antihypertensive agents, antidepressants, digoxin, and other high BP, may interact with diuretics. Diuretics can alter the effectiveness of ...

The drug was approved last year for patients with hypertension currently not controlled on other BP-lowering agents.

Antihypertensives are very common ... thereby reducing pressure. Diuretics are often prescribed as a first-line treatment for ...