Thiazides
"Thiazides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Heterocyclic compounds with SULFUR and NITROGEN in the ring. This term commonly refers to the BENZOTHIADIAZINES that inhibit SODIUM-POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS and are used as DIURETICS.
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D049971
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.655
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thiazides" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Thiazides" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Thiazides" by people in Profiles.
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Keating N. By the way, doctor. Thiazide diuretics are often recommended as the first medication to use to control blood pressure, but I've heard that a large study called ALLHAT found an association between thiazide diuretics and diabetes. Is this something to be concerned about? Harv Health Lett. 2010 May; 35(7):5.
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Eisner BH, Ahn J, Stoller ML. Differentiating primary from secondary hyperparathyroidism in stone patients: the "thiazide challenge". J Endourol. 2009 Feb; 23(2):191-2.
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Fretheim A, Håvelsrud K, MacLennan G, Kristoffersen DT, Oxman AD. The effects of mandatory prescribing of thiazides for newly treated, uncomplicated hypertension: interrupted time-series analysis. PLoS Med. 2007 Jul; 4(7):e232.
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Fung V, Huang J, Brand R, Newhouse JP, Hsu J. Hypertension treatment in a medicare population: adherence and systolic blood pressure control. Clin Ther. 2007 May; 29(5):972-84.