Hydrochlorothiazide-amiloride causes excessive urinary zinc excretion

Ahuva Golik*, David Modai, Joshua Weissgarten, Natan Cohen, Zhan Averbukh, Erika Sigler, Ronit Zaidenstein, Uri Shaked

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Abstract

Serum zinc levels and urinary zinc excretion were compared in 15 patients with essential hypertension taking chronically a combination of hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride as monotherapy, eight patients maintained with hydrochlorothiazide alone, and eight control subjects. Serum zinc values were statistically comparable in all three groups. However, urinary zinc excretion was abnormally elevated in the two patient groups. In the dosage used, amiloride did not have a zinc-sparing effect.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)42-44
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1987

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