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Quinethazone
 

Quinethazone (INN, brand name Hydromox) is a thiazide diuretic used to treat hypertension. Common side effects include dizziness, dry mouth, nausea, and low potassium levels.
BrandsAquamox
Hydromox
Idrokin
CategoriesAntihypertensive Agents
Diuretics, Thiazide
ManufacturersLederle laboratories div american cyanamid co
SynonymsChinetazone [dcit]
Chinethazonum
Quinetazona [inn-spanish]
Quinethazon
Quinethazonum [inn-latin]

indication

Used to treat hypertension.

pharmacology

Quinethazone is a thiazide diuretic used to treat hypertension. It inhibits Na+/Cl- reabsorption from the distal convoluted tubules in the kidneys. Thiazides also cause loss of potassium and an increase in serum uric acid. Thiazides are often used to treat hypertension, but their hypotensive effects are not necessarily due to their diuretic activity. Thiazides have been shown to prevent hypertension-related morbidity and mortality although the mechanism is not fully understood. Thiazides cause vasodilation by activating calcium-activated potassium channels (large conductance) in vascular smooth muscles and inhibiting various carbonic anhydrases in vascular tissue.

mechanism of action

As a diuretic, quinethazone inhibits active chloride reabsorption at the early distal tubule via the Na-Cl cotransporter, resulting in an increase in the excretion of sodium, chloride, and water. Thiazides like quinethazone also inhibit sodium ion transport across the renal tubular epithelium through binding to the thiazide sensitive sodium-chloride transporter. This results in an increase in potassium excretion via the sodium-potassium exchange mechanism. The antihypertensive mechanism of quinethazone is less well understood although it may be mediated through its action on carbonic anhydrases in the smooth muscle or through its action on the large-conductance calcium-activated potassium (KCa) channel, also found in the smooth muscle.

drug interactions

Digoxin: Possible electrolyte variations and arrhythmias

Lithium: The thiazide diuretic, quinethazone, may increase serum levels of lithium.