indapamide

1 8.0

Medicine that makes you pass more urine to lower high blood pressure

noun
/ˌɪndəˈpæmaɪd/

Specialized

: indapamida

My doctor prescribed indapamide to help manage my high blood pressure.

Examples

After reviewing my condition, the physician recommended indapamide as a suitable treatment for fluid retention.
Less widely predicted was the abandonment of bendroflumethiazide as a drug of choice, with chlortalidone and indapamide (which is cheaper) having taken over as they have a stronger evidence base that they do some good.

Academic text (2012)
To control his hypertension, he began taking indapamide daily along with lifestyle changes.

Synonyms

Lozal

vsindapamide

Specialized

9.3

A brand name for a medicine that helps remove extra water and lower blood pressure

is the generic medication name rather than the brand label

Surface Forms

indapamide singular

indapamides plural

Etymology

The word indapamide is a scientific drug name built from two parts: inda- refers to a type of 'chemical ring' in the molecule, and -amide refers to 'a chemical part called an amide' that appears in many medicines. So the name describes its chemical make-up and helps identify this drug, which today is a diuretic used to lower blood pressure.