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Dyazide Drug Center
Medical Editor: John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
Dyazide (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene) is used to treat fluid retention (edema) and high blood pressure (hypertension). It is a combination of hydrochlorothiazide, a thiazide diuretic (water pill), and triamterene, a potassium-sparing diuretic. This medication is available in generic form. Common side effects include dizziness, lightheadedness, headache, or upset stomach as your body adjusts to the medication.
The usual dose of Dyazide is one or two capsules given once daily, with monitoring of serum potassium and of the clinical effect. Dyazide may interact with lithium, amphotericin, methenamine, steroids, blood thinners, insulin or oral diabetes medicine, laxatives, ACE inhibitors, indomethacin or other NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), or other medicines that make you light-headed (such as cold or allergy medicine, narcotics, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, and medicine for seizures, depression, or anxiety). Tell your doctor all medications you use. During pregnancy, Dyazide should be used only when prescribed. It is unknown if triamterene passes into breast milk. Hydrochlorothiazide passes into breast milk, but is unlikely to harm a nursing infant. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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Dyazide Prescribing Information: Indications & Dosage
This fixed combination drug is not indicated for the initial therapy of edema or hypertension except in individuals in whom the development of hypokalemia cannot be risked.
DYAZIDE (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene) is indicated for the treatment of hypertension or edema in patients who develop hypokalemia on hydrochlorothiazide alone.
DYAZIDE (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene) is also indicated for those patients who require a thiazide diuretic and in whom the development of hypokalemia cannot be risked.
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Dyazide Patient Information: Side Effects
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using this medication and call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
- numbness or tingly feeling;
- muscle pain or weakness;
- slow, fast, or uneven heartbeat;
- feeling drowsy, restless, or light-headed;
- urinating less than usual or not at all;
- shallow breathing;
- tremors, confusion; or
- nausea, stomach p...
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Dyazide Consumer Information: Uses
This drug is used to treat high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This medication is a combination of two "water pills" (diuretics): triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide. This combination is used by people who have developed or are at risk for having low potassium levels on hydrochlorothiazide. It causes you to make more urine, which helps your body get rid of extra salt and water.
This medication also reduces extra fluid in the body (edema) caused by conditions such as heart failure, liver disease, or kidney disease. This...
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