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Hydrochlorothiazide
Essential medicine status
Section:
16. Diuretics
ATC codes: C03AA03
EMLc
Indication
Oedema ICD11 code: MG29.Z
INN
Hydrochlorothiazide
Medicine type
Chemical agent
List type
Core (EML)
Complementary (EMLc)
Formulations
Oral > Solid > dosage form: 25 mg ; 12.5 mg (EMLc)
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 1979 (TRS 641)
Changed in 1987 (TRS 770)
Changed in 2003 (TRS 920)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Changed in 2021 (TRS 1035)
Changed in 2025 (TRS 1064)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
Medicines within the same pharmacological class can be used
Therapeutic alternatives limitations
Therapeutic alternatives are chlorothiazide, chlortalidone and indapamide
Therapeutic alternatives limitations for EMLc
Therapeutic alternatives are chlorothiazide and chlortalidone
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Hydrochlorothiazide
DrugBank
Hydrochlorothiazide
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
Following the review of the age-appropriateness of formulations on the EMLc, the Expert Committee recommended: - the addition of hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg tablets to the EMLc