chlorthalidone
- noun
- /klɔrˈθælɪˌdoʊn/
- Specialized
:
clortalidona
- Patients taking chlorthalidone often experience improved symptoms related to fluid retention.
- chlorthalidone, a diuretic
Examples
-
The doctor prescribed chlorthalidone to help reduce the patient's high blood pressure.
-
The patient was medicated with dopamine, furosemide, digoxin, and chlorthalidone.
Academic text (2007) -
Investigators were not restricted on the types or classes of antihypertensive that could be used to achieve the target blood pressure, but chlorthalidone was encouraged (Wright et al., 2015).
Academic text (2016) -
However, investigators in one large trial reported reduced risks of cardiovascular events with a regimen based on the diuretic chlorthalidone, compared with that based on an ACE inhibitor.
Academic text (2003) -
After starting on chlorthalidone, she noticed less swelling in her legs.
Synonyms
1
7.9
A medicine that makes the body lose water to lower high blood pressure
1
8.2
A medicine that reduces extra water in the body and lowers high blood pressure
A medicine that makes the body lose extra water to lower blood pressure and reduce swelling
A medicine that helps the body pass extra water and lowers high blood pressure
A medicine that makes the body lose extra water and salt to lower blood pressure
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to lower blood pressure and reduce swelling
A medicine that makes you pee more to lower blood pressure and reduce extra body water
A medicine that makes you pass more urine to lower high blood pressure
A drug that makes you pass more urine to lower blood pressure
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word chlorthalidone breaks into chloro- ('containing chlorine') and thalidone (the family name for a type of diuretic medicine). So, chlorthalidone is a medicine that has a chlorine atom in its chemical name and helps the body remove extra water and lower blood pressure.