Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The cumulative incidence of hyponatremia was about 1.4 percentage points higher for thiazide diuretics than ...

Adults who used thiazide diuretics for hypertension were more likely than were those who used nonthiazide agents to develop hyponatremia within 2 years of starting treatment, a new study of more than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mortality risk nearly doubled for patients who developed hyponatremia soon after initiating a thiazide vs.

Thiazide-type diuretics reduce the risk for mortality, stroke, and cardiovascular disease among patients with hypertension. 1 Given the reasonable adverse effect profile and high-quality evidence for ...

Investigators report findings from a study of genetic proxies of thiazide diuretics. An analysis of genetic proxies of thiazide diuretics may support continued clinical use of these drugs in reducing ...

Higher thiazide doses are linked to greater reductions in urine calcium levels, which correlate with fewer symptomatic kidney stone events. This association suggests that adjusting thiazide dosage ...

Thiazide diuretic therapy prescribed empirically for patients not receiving 24-hour urine testing is significantly associated with reduced odds of urinary stone recurrence compared with alkali citrate ...

High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is one of the most common health problems in the world. It affects millions of ...

In rural regions of Africa, high blood pressure often goes untreated because health centers are far away and there is a shortage of health professionals. A study in Lesotho shows that, with the help ...

Kidney stones affect nearly 10% of the global population. For more than three decades, thiazide diuretics, a common medication used for high blood pressure, have been the standard of care for kidney ...