Hygroton
Hygroton is a heart blood pressure medication containing Chlorthalidone, available as 6.25/12.5mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Chlorthalidone
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Tablet
- Strengths
- 6.25/12.5mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Hygroton vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypertension · Oedema
- Therapeutic Class
- Thiazide-like Diuretic
- Pharmacological Class
- Thiazide-like Diuretic
- Known Off-label Uses
- nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Minor Side Effects
- dizziness, fatigue, muscle cramps
- Moderate Side Effects
- hypokalaemia, hyperuricaemia, hyponatraemia
- Dosage Forms
- Tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Sanofi
- Onset Time
- 2 hours
- Duration
- 24–72 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at controlled room temperature.
- Drug Interactions
- lithium, nsaids
What you will receive
Hygroton is the originator brand name, made by Sanofi. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Sanofi and do not ship the original Hygroton.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Chlorthalidone) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.