For high blood pressure: This activity comprehensively reviews the specific indications, mechanism of action, dosing, associated adverse events, contraindications, monitoring, and other clinically relevant information for healthcare professionals involved in managing
Your doctor may need to change the doses of your medications or monitor you carefully
If you take HCTZ, you need regular visits with your doctor to check your
hydrochlorothiazide and metolazone both decrease
Monitor signs of fluid, electrolyte, or acid-base imbalances, including dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, confusion, hypotension, or muscle cramps and weakness
Used for Edema, Hypertension, Heart Failure, Cirrhosis
Children—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor
Descriptions
98 within 1 st two months of starting drug despite dose reduction
Mild side effects of many drugs may go away within a few days or a couple of weeks
0 mg/day in 2 doses
Hydrochlorothiazide is in a class of medications called Key takeaways: Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) treats high blood pressure and edema (swelling from extra fluid)
Hyperuricemia may occur or frank gout may be precipitated in patients receiving thiazide therapy
The nurse is preparing to administer the first dose of hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL) 50 mg to a patient who has a blood pressure of 160/95 mm Hg
5 mg once daily; may increase to losartan 100 mg/hydrochlorothiazide 12
> 65 years) with hydrochlorothiazide
[5] Now let’s take a closer look at the medication grid for hydrochlorothiazide in Table 6
Max: 200 mg daily
Child: <6 months 3 mg/kg daily in 2 divided doses; 6 months to <2 years 1-2 mg/kg daily as single or in 2 divided doses
Furosemide (Lasix) c
Mannitol (Osmitrol) has been ordered for a patient with acute renal failure
Upset stomach or throwing up
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High risk patients (older people, renal or cardiac dysfunction), every 4-8 weeks