Intermediate acting diuretic acting on distal tubules. Long acting diuretic acting on the distal renal tubules. Dose 25mg to 50mg. A potassium sparing diuretic. 50mg wnd triamterene.
Diuretics are inexpensive and have shown effective in the treatment of hypertension.
Black patients who have high volume low renin hypertension. Systolic hypertension 3. Patients on digitalis or with ASHD, arrhythmias or CHF do not tolerate low K very well because low K may induce fatal arrhythmias. Glucose intolerance is exaggerated in diabetic patients and therefore avoid use of diuretics in diabetics. It is a relative contraindication.