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Hydrochlorothiazide Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: HCTZ, Hydrochlorot
See also: Corodil Comp, Micardis HCT, Prinzide
What is Hydrochlorothiazide?
Hydrochlorothiazide is an antihypertensive diuretic drug used in the treatment of high blood pressure and/or swelling. Hydrochlorothiazide is also known as HCT, HCTZ, or HZT.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 34 |
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5 | |||
| Fluid retention weight gain | 7 |
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2 | ||||
| swelling ankles & feet | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Edema | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Kidney stones | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Weight gain | 1 | 0 |
See all 56 patients currently taking Hydrochlorothiazide
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Side Effects
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other
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1 | 33% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 33% |
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Change in health plan coverage
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1 | 33% |
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See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydrochlorothiazide
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Patient Evaluations
See all 8 patient evaluations
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- rainydaygirl
- Sex: F
- Pain: Little
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Most
- Stiffness: Most
- function: Little
- external_stress: None
- Stickman: most
- Description:F66y
- FM:20y Dx
- CFS:1y Dx
- See profile
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- rainydaygirl
- 25 mg daily
- since Jan 12, 2010
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Efficacy
Major
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips Family history of hypertension, of began treatment prior to FMS symptoms. Take it in morning during wash and brush. Easy habit. Does require supplement pot... See full evaluation
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- tadkins114
- Sex: F
- Pain: Most
- Fatigue: Most
- Sleep: Some
- Stiffness: All
- function: Some
- external_stress: Some
- Stickman: most
- Description:F40y
- FM:1y Dx
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- tadkins114
- 25 mg daily
- since Apr 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Fluid retention weight gain
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on March 22, 2010.