Hydrochlorothiazide Versus Chlorthalidone in the Management of Hypertension
Cardiology in Review, 11/12/2010
Clinical Article
Neff KM et al. – Although there are favorable trends both in terms of antihypertensive efficacy as well as clinical outcomes data with chlorthalidone compared with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), the results are not conclusive, and as such may not be enough to shift the treatment paradigm in favor of chlorthalidone, given the comfort level that most prescribers have with HCTZ. A head–to–head study looking at hard clinical outcomes, which may or may not ever be performed, may be the only way to resolve the ongoing debate as to which is the preferred thiazide for treating hypertension.
