By Dr .Muhammad Mosleh Uddin â€ĸ 06 Aug, 2026

Comparative pharmacology of Thiazide as an antihypertensive

🔴Antihypertensive āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ indapamide/Chlorthalidone is better than Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ, 📌 āĻāĻĻ⧇āϰ Duration of action āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ Chlorthalidone āĻāϰ 48-72 h. Indapamide, āĻāϰ 24 h. 📌 āĻāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āχ more potent than HCTZ 📌 āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āχ Nocturnal BP control āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ Indapamide and Chlorthalidone āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧇āχ HCTZ āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ Better. āĻāĻ–āύ āφāϏāĻŋ, Indapamide āφāϰ Chlorthalidone āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇ better? Antihypertensive effect āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ Chlorthalidone āĻāϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϰ Metabolic side effects āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: 📌Hyponatremia 📌Hypokalemia 📌Hyperglycemia (not suitable in DM patient) 📌Hyperuricemia āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ Indapamide āĻāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ side effect āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ•āĻŽ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻž Better tolerated than Chlorthalidone. 🔴 Summary: āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ BP āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ Chlorthalidone. āϤāĻŦ⧇ BP āĻŽā§‹āϟāĻžāĻŽā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āχ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ Better tolerated āĻšāϞ⧋, Indapamide. So, āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϤāĻŋāύāϜāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ Winner āĻšāϞ⧋ "Indapamide" Thiazide āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļ⧇āώāĨ¤ That means, āφāϜāϕ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ Antihypertensive āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ Add on therapy āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ Indapamide āϕ⧇ prefer āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāϤ⧇āĻ“ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ BP control āύāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ, Resistant HTN develop āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ Chlorthalidone āĻ switch āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ 🎓 Feel the MEDICINE course Dr. Muhammad Mosleh Uddin. MBBS (CMC), FCPS P1 (Cardiology)