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What is Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide?

This is a combination of the drugs hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and triamterene used for the treatment of hypertension when hypokalemia has developed on hydrochlorothiazide alone or when the development of hypokalemia must be avoided.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken
# of patients Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell 		# of patients evaluated by
High blood pressure (Hypertension) 2 0
High blood pressure increased 1 0
Other 1 0

See all 3 patients currently taking Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide

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Dosages

  1 mg daily 25 mg-37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
1 100% Side effects too severe: 100%

See all 1 patient who’ve stopped taking Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Triamterene-Hydrochlorothiazide

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
0 0%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on March 17, 2010.