CHLORTHALIDONE vs VALSARTAN

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

I think this past year has been the worst year of my life. In January I had a hypertensive crisis and checked into the ER with a BP of 213/110+ I’m pretty sure I was walking around like this for months not knowing it until my body told me something was wrong. Got put on Amlodipine as a first line me

Saw my Dr. on Jan 5 and reviewed my BP trends since October. He agreed to let me stop the drug. I’ll continue to track one because I dropped a load on a smart BP monitor, also to see if I do need to restart down the line. This is really exciting for me, I got more active over the course of 2025 an

I’ve been on a beta blocker since I was 25 (I’m 42 now) and my doc added valsartan about 3 years ago during the pandemic (during which time I was under a lot of stress and drank more alcohol). During the worst of that time I probably drank 10-15 drinks a week. Never been overweight, though, and regu

Started going to a new cardiologist for HBP three years ago. Initially he put me on Valsartan, but switched me to Lorsartan (you know, because of the whole rocket fuel thing). Then put me on a mild dose of HCTZ. Then about three years ago, he put me on carvidelol (the beta blocker). Long story short

Hi all, Writing for support. About 2 months ago I went to an unrelated GP appointment and a routine BP reading was taken. My BP was 180/120, several more were taken and it was still the same. I’m 27 female, 60kg, exercise regularly (mostly weights not cardio). I was quickly seen by a cardiologist an

A while ago I was put on Amlodipin and ended up in the ER after all bowel movements stopped.. according to my Dr, that was a very rare side effect he had personally never heard of. A month ago I was at the Dr office again after a few months without meds and my BP was 160/100. I was put on Valsartan

A few years ago, I went for a checkup during a time of high anxiety, I was even having panic attacks randomly and having insomnia. Obviously the readings were high 145/95 and was prescribed with valsartan. After that I got treatment for anxiety, and feel a lot better but now I am affraid to leave

Hi everybody I have tried all these three Losartan, Valsartan, Amlodipine. They all make me feel dizzy, stressed out, worried and depressed. Have someone had the same issues? Don’t know really what to do. I felt my health has really decreased since started on BP medicines. Thanks to all.God bless e