Chlorthalidone is a common medicine that helps many people lower their blood pressure. But new research from Columbia ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is a common health problem that affects many people around the world. It ...

Chlorthalidone does not differ significantly in kidney outcomes from hydrochlorothiazide, but it is associated with a higher risk for hypokalemia. Chlorthalidone is not superior to hydrochlorothiazide ...

In this trial, patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease and poorly controlled hypertension, as confirmed by 24-hour ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring, were randomly assigned to receive ...

Preferred diuretic option now accessible in guideline-recommended 12.5 mg dose for U.S. patients. Chlorthalidone, a thiazide-like diuretic, has played a central role in hypertension management for ...

Nitin Khosla, MD, and colleagues at Rush University Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois), reviewed 2000 charts from patients referred to the University's Hypertension/Clinical Research Center. All of ...

Patients 65 or older with hypertension who switched from hydrochlorothiazide to chlorthalidone did not have fewer major cardiovascular events or non–cancer-related deaths than those who continued ...

BOSTON -- In people with hypertension, a history of kidney stones may inform the choice of diuretic for stone prevention, according to a secondary analysis of the Diuretic Comparison Project. Among ...