CHLORTHALIDONE vs OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL-HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE

I start by saying I'm an NP student, not a pharmacist. In my clinical rotations the providers I am under are all prescribing HCTZ with no good explanation why. In my acute inpatient job, everyone is on HCTZ. I can't even think of one time I have ever had one of my patients come in on Chlorthalidone

My mother in law had a knee replacement surgery and was doing well. She was mobile and doing PT. 10 days post op she collapsed and was gone before she hit the ground, they ruled it a pulmonary embolism. I just reviewed the detailed autopsy. She had multiple clots in all lobes of both lungs. "The

I've been working the past couple of days and never before realized how many patients we have on Atenolol (+ or - Chlorthalidone....). I know we are all suffering the brunt of this shortage. My question is, now that we are in such a shortage, any recommendations on how to take the edge off of the At

Guys while chlorthalidone is more potent than hydrochlorothiazide at lower doses why combinations of ACE-I + hydrochlorothiazide are more common than chlorthalidone

As the title asks. We see more lisinopril for the ACE-Is, HCTZ for the thiazide diuretics, etc...

I (43 yr, female, taking 10mg chlorthalidone daily) have begun monitoring my BP at home and am curious why they say to sit still for five minutes. I’m almost always up and about and can’t think of many times during the day I’d really be still. Are the guidelines set up in such a way that we only con

Hey, I'm an amb care pharmacist which means I've got compounding amnesia. We have a guy who really needs a lower dose of chlorthalidone than we can get by cutting a 25mg tab. Does anyone have a recipe for compounded liquid, or good refs to search for this? I swear 10 years ago of have known this.

My father (75M) is 5'8", 150 lbs, Caucasian and is experiencing unexplained fatigue and swelling in his legs. We are located in Canada. He is currently taking Metoprolol (25 mg), Atorvastatin (10 mg) and Ramipril (1.25 mg). He drinks one or two beers a week. He was a smoker for about 10 years in hi

So I've been on olmesartan for a week now and honestly, I'm kind of blown away by what happened. First, some context about me - I'm a total worrywart when it comes to health stuff. My cardiologist knows this about me. She's actually told me straight up that if I don't stop catastrophizing every symp

It's really impressive how Gemini can analyze health information. As I said in post [https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1didl76/cool\_gemini\_in\_service\_of\_health/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1didl76/cool_gemini_in_service_of_health/), I created spreadsheets containing data about

Hi everyone, I was recently diagnosed with FSGS and wanted to introduce myself to the community. I don’t have any specific questions, but I’d love to hear any advice or positive insights from others who’ve been through this. This adventure began in early January when routine tests showed I was spill

For context, I am a 27 y/o female, fit, with no family history of hypertension. Since November, my life has been put at a complete stand still since my blood pressure inexplicably began to rise. I am a elementary teacher, super active & energetic and an avid runner. Back in November, after a r

Hello to the /Cardiology community, first post here, I'm a critical care paramedic, I got somehow dragged in and involved on a case during one of my travels, not registered in the coutry where this occurred. I have had mixed opinions from physicians I spoke with (various specialties) and I feel like