Dyazide
- Generic Name: hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene
- Brand Name: Dyazide
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What Is Dyazide?
Dyazide (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene) is a combination of a thiazide diuretic (water pill) and a potassium-sparing diuretic used to treat fluid retention (edema) and high blood pressure (hypertension). Dyazide is available in generic form.
What Are Side Effects of Dyazide?
Common side effects of Dyazide include:
- dizziness,
- lightheadedness,
- headache, or upset stomach as your body adjusts to the medication.
Other side effects of Dyazide include:
- nausea,
- diarrhea,
- constipation,
- blurred vision,
- dry mouth, or
- skin rash.
Dosage for Dyazide
The usual dose of Dyazide is one or two capsules given once daily, with monitoring of serum potassium and of the clinical effect.
What Drugs, Substances, or Supplements Interact with Dyazide?
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.
Dyazide During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
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 breastfeeding.
Additional Information
Our Dyazide (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene) Side Effects Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information on the potential side effects when taking this medication.
Dyazide Consumer Information
Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction (hives, difficult breathing, swelling in your face or throat) or a severe skin reaction (fever, sore throat, burning eyes, skin pain, red or purple skin rash with blistering and peeling).
Stop taking this medicine and call your doctor at once if you have:
- blurred vision, tunnel vision, eye pain, or seeing halos around lights;
- a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;
- fast, slow, or uneven heart rate;
- signs of liver or pancreas problems--loss of appetite, upper stomach pain (that may spread to your back), nausea or vomiting, fast heart rate, dark urine, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);
- high potassium level--nausea, weakness, tingly feeling, feeling weak or tired, slow heartbeats, loss of movement;
- low potassium level--leg cramps, constipation, irregular heartbeats, fluttering in your chest, increased thirst or urination, numbness or tingling, muscle weakness or limp feeling;
- kidney problems--little or no urination, swelling in your feet or ankles, feeling tired or short of breath;
- lupus-like symptoms--muscle or joint pain, flu symptoms, chest pain, and a rash or patchy skin color that worsens in sunlight; or
- other signs of an electrolyte imbalance--thirst, dry mouth, stomach pain, drowsiness, weakness, fast heart rate, muscle pain or weakness, feeling restless or light-headed.
Common side effects may include:
- stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea, constipation;
- dizziness, headache;
- blurred vision; or
- dry mouth.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Read the entire detailed patient monograph for Dyazide (Hydrochlorothiazide and Triamterene)
Dyazide Professional Information
SIDE EFFECTS
Adverse effects are listed in decreasing order of severity.
Hypersensitivity: Anaphylaxis, rash, urticaria, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus-like reactions, photosensitivity.
Cardiovascular: Arrhythmia, postural hypotension.
Metabolic: Diabetes mellitus, hyperkalemia, hypokalemia, hyponatremia, acidosis, hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia, glycosuria, hyperuricemia, hypochloremia.
Gastrointestinal: Jaundice and/or liver enzyme abnormalities, pancreatitis, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain.
Renal: Acute renal failure (one case of irreversible renal failure has been reported), interstitial nephritis, renal stones composed primarily of triamterene, elevated BUN, and serum creatinine, abnormal urinary sediment.
Hematologic: Leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and purpura, megaloblastic anemia.
Musculoskeletal: Muscle cramps.
Central Nervous System: Weakness, fatigue, dizziness, headache, dry mouth.
Miscellaneous: Impotence, sialadenitis.
Thiazides alone have been shown to cause the following additional adverse reactions:
Central Nervous System: Paresthesias, vertigo.
Ophthalmic: Xanthopsia, transient blurred vision.
Respiratory: Allergic pneumonitis, pulmonary edema, respiratory distress.
Other: Necrotizing vasculitis, exacerbation of lupus.
Hematologic: Aplastic anemia, agranulocytosis, hemolytic anemia.
Neonate and infancy: Thrombocytopenia and pancreatitis-rarely, in newborns whose mothers have received thiazides during pregnancy.
Skin: Erythema multiforme including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, exfoliative dermatitis including toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Dyazide (Hydrochlorothiazide and Triamterene)
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