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What is Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ?

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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 174 45 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 140 16 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 77 11 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Water retention 21 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Edema (fluid retention) 19 7 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
General health 18 2 Efficacy_moderate

See all 463 patients currently taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 4
Moderate
 13
Mild
 26
None
 60

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

Urinary frequency 14
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 5
Dizziness 3
Dry tongue 3
Cramps in legs 3
Low potassium (hypokalemia) 2
See all 19 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ. See all 27 dosages ►

  12.5mg as needed 25mg as needed 1 mg daily 25 mg weekly 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 25 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 100 mg daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 5 Number of Patients: 5 3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 112 Number of Patients: 112 267 Number of Patients: 267 3 Number of Patients: 3 38 Number of Patients: 38 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 47   Doctor's advice: 44%
Other 19   Other: 18%
Side effects too severe 15   Side effects too severe: 14%
Course of treatment ended 15   Course of treatment ended: 14%
Did not seem to work 13   Did not seem to work: 12%
Personal research 6   Personal research: 6%
Change in health plan coverage 4   Change in health plan coverage: 4%
Expense 2   Expense: 2%

See all 106 patients who’ve stopped taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

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

Stopped Taking Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

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

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

Always
 85 83%
Usually
 10 10%
Sometimes
 5 5%
Never
 3 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 6 6%
A little
 8 8%
Not at all
 89 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Hydrochlorothiazide HCTZ

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 3 4%
< $25
 77 96%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.