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Status:
US Approved Rx (1996)
First approved in 1983

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Indapamide is an antihypertensive and a diuretic. It contains both a polar sulfamoyl chlorobenzamide moiety and a lipid- soluble methylindoline moiety. Indapamide blocks the slow component of delayed rectifier potassium current (IKs) without altering...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2020)
First approved in 1973

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Metolazone is a thiazide-like diuretic marketed under the brand names Mykrox and Zaroxolyn. Zaroxolyn is indicated for the treatment of salt and water retention including: • Edema accompanying congestive heart failure; • Edema accompanying renal dise...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2010)
First approved in 1959

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Status:
US Approved Rx (2024)
First approved in 1958

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Like other thiazides, chlorothiazide promotes water loss from the body (diuretics). It inhibits Na /Cl- reabsorption from the distal convoluted tubules in the kidneys. Thiazides also cause loss of potassium and an increase in serum uric acid. Thiazid...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1963

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Quinethazone (brand name Hydromox) is a thiazide diuretic used to treat hypertension. The antihypertensive mechanism of quinethazone is less well understood. This drug was discovered in a period when only isoform carbonic anhydrases (CAs) II was know...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1961

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)



Polythiazide is a thiazide diuretic with actions and uses similar to those of hydrochlorothiazide. Polythiazide under brand name Rense is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and cortic...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1960

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Trichloromethiazide, previously sold under the brand names of NAQUA, METAHYDRIN and TRICHLOREX, is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and corticosteroid and estrogen therapy. Trichlor...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1960

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Benzthiazide (trade names Aquatag, Dihydrex, Diucen, Edemax, Exna, Foven and others) is a thiazide diuretic used in the treatment of high blood pressure and edema. It is no longer available in the United States. As a diuretic, benzthiazide inhibits a...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1959

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (RACEMIC)


Conditions:

Bendroflumethiazide (INN), formerly bendrofluazide (BAN) is a thiazide diuretic used to treat hypertension. CORZIDE (Nadolol and Bendroflumethiazide Tablets) for oral administration combines two antihypertensive agents: CORGARD (nadolol), a nonselect...
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1959

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)



Hydroflumethiazide is a thiazide diuretic that inhibits water reabsorption in the nephron by inhibiting the sodium-chloride symporter (SLC12A3) in the distal convoluted tubule, which is responsible for 5% of total sodium reabsorption. Normally, the s...