What is the side effects for hydrochlorothiazide?
The more common side effects that can occur with hydrochlorothiazide include:
- blood pressure that’s lower than normal (especially when standing up after sitting or lying down)
- dizziness.
- headache.
- weakness.
- erectile dysfunction (trouble getting or keeping an erection)
- tingling in your hands, legs, and feet.
What Does hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg do?
This medication is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Hydrochlorothiazide belongs to a class of drugs known as diuretics/”water pills.” It works by causing you to make more urine.
Why Does hydrochlorothiazide make you pee more?
Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) is a thiazide diuretic (water pill) that makes you urinate more. It works in the kidneys to remove extra water and certain electrolytes (like sodium and potassium) to lower blood pressure and reduce swelling.
How safe is hydrochlorothiazide?
Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is a thiazide-type diuretic that has been used clinically for more than half a century. The drug has been widely used to treat hypertension globally and is relatively very safe.
What are the ingredients in Teva hydrochlorothiazide tablets?
Each light-orange coloured, round, flat-faced bevel-edged compressed tablet, scoreline on one side and plain on the reverse, contains hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, FD&C Yellow No. 6, lactose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, and sodium starch glycolate.
What are the inactive ingredients in hydrochlorothiazide tablets?
Each tablet for oral administration contains 12.5 mg, 25 mg or 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide, USP. In addition, each tablet contains the following inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized starch, and sodium lauryl sulfate.
How many mg of hydrochlorothiazide are in a tablet?
HOW SUPPLIED: Hydrochlorothiazide tablets, USP are available containing 12.5 mg, 25 mg and 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide, USP. The 12.5 mg tablets are white to off-white, round, unscored tablets debossed with M on one side of the tablet and H3 on the other side. They are availĀable as follows:
What are the side effects of hydrochlorothiazide oral route?
burning, crawling, itching, numbness, prickling, “pins and needles”, or tingling feelings dizziness, faintness, or lightheadedness when getting up from a lying or sitting position puffiness or swelling of the eyelids or around the eyes, face, lips, or tongue