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chlorothiazide

 [klor″o-thi´ah-zīd]
a thiazide diuretic used in treatment of edema, such as in congestive heart failure or liver disease, as well as of hypertension. Possible side effects include potassium depletion and other electrolyte imbalances; occasionally bone marrow depression with lowering of platelet and leukocyte counts, agranulocytosis, and aplastic anemia may occur.
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chlor·o·thi·a·zide

(klōr'ō-thī'ă-zīd),
An orally effective diuretic inhibiting renal tubular reabsorption of sodium; used to treat edema due to congestive heart failure, liver disease, pregnancy, premenstrual tension, and drugs, and as adjunct drugs to manage hypertension.
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chlorothiazide

(klôr′ə-thī′ə-zīd′)
n.
A thiazide diuretic, used also in its sulfate form to treat hypertension, congestive heart failure, and edema.
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chlor·o·thi·a·zide

(klōr'ō-thī'ă-zīd)
An orally effective diuretic inhibiting renal tubular reabsorption of sodium; used to treat edema due to congestive heart failure, liver disease, pregnancy, premenstrual tension, and drugs, and as adjunct drug to manage hypertension.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

chlor·o·thi·a·zide

(klōr'ō-thī'ă-zīd)
An orally effective diuretic used to treat edema.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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There have been a few case reports describing the use of chlorothiazide or hydrochlorothiazide along with low renal solute formula for the management of central diabetes insipidus in infancy as listed in Table 1.
Maternal ingestion of chlorothiazide diuretics or tolbutamide can have a direct cytotoxic effect on the fetal marrow megakaryocytes.
Effects of metolazone in man: Comparison with chlorothiazide. Kidney International, 1(3), 169-181.
3b) for the drug compound, chlorothiazide. The Bragg peaks at high angle appear to be of the same intensity as the low-angle reflections--all the Bragg peaks in this diffraction pattern have been reliably determined.
chlorothiazide (Diuril) hydrochlorothiazide (Esidrix, Hydrodiuril, Microzide, Oretic ) Loop Diuretics: bumetanide (Bumex) furosemide (Lasix) torsemide (Demadex) spironolactone (Aldactone) Decreases blood pressure amiloride (Midamor) but holds onto potassium.
For example, a few years ago, a 40-year-old obese, hypertensive, diabetic woman was scheduled to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery under general anesthesia.(10) For a considerable period of time pre-operatively she had been taking chlorothiazide, furosemide and guanethidine.
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In the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE)-3 trial, nearly 13,000 intermediate-risk men and women with no baseline cardiovascular disease were randomized to either lipid lowering with rosuvastatin at 10 mg/day or placebo, dual-antihypertensive therapy with candesartan plus chlorothiazide or placebo regardless of baseline blood pressure, or all three drugs or placebo.
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