Failure of Methyclothiazide to Lower Home Blood Pressure Level in "essential" Hypertensive and Normotensive Young Men, Despite Significant Plasma Volume Contraction

Overview

Journal Eur J Clin Pharmacol

Specialty Pharmacology

Date 1977 Dec 28

PMID 598414

Authors

R D Gordon

R H Mortimer

N Saar

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Abstract

Home blood pressure measurements were used to assess the effect of methyclothiazide in young essential hypertensive and normotensive males. Although plasma volume was reduced by approximately 10 percent, blood pressure was not reduced in either group. The lack of effect on blood pressure was probably not attributable to dosage employed, as doubling the dose (5 to 10 mg) in the normal subjects (who were equilibrated on constant diet) did not significantly increase changes in plasma volume, plasma renin activity, aldosterone excretion, urine sodium or blood pressure. The higher dose did result in greater changes in plasma potassium and uric acid. Homeostatic mechanisms which limit the volume mediated and other antihypertensive effects of methyclothiazide apparently achieved complete compensation in these young males. This suggests that thiazide diuretics may not be the drug of first choice in the treatment of hypertension in young adults. Further studies with other diuretics are clearly necessary before the significance of these findings can be fully assessed.

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