Hydrochlorothiazide Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: HCTZ, Hydrochlorot, Microzide (Show all)
See also: 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 | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 46 |
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7 | ||
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 33 |
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5 | ||
| retaining fluids | 9 |
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2 | |||
| General health | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Blood pressure too high | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Blood pressure elevated | 4 | 0 |
See all 113 patients currently taking Hydrochlorothiazide
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrochlorothiazide. See all 13 dosages ►
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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5 | 45% |
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Course of treatment ended
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3 | 27% |
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Personal research
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2 | 18% |
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Other
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2 | 18% |
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See all 11 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydrochlorothiazide
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Patient Evaluations
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- Hestia58
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- Hestia58
- 25 mg daily
- since Nov 18, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips watch potassium levels and remember to drink water See full evaluation
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- Impy Ann1
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- Impy Ann1
- 50 mg daily
- since Dec 01, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips This is the only method for controlling my rise in blood pressure from the non-steroids that has worked. It gives me no other problems other then needing to ... See full evaluation
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- katbro
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Moderate
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- katbro
- 37.5 mg daily
- since Feb 03, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
Mild
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See all 15 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.