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Chlorothiazide

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Chlorothiazide does in the body

Chlorothiazide sodium for injection increases excretion of sodium and chloride in approximately equivalent amounts.

From the FDA-approved label: The mechanism of the antihypertensive effect of thiazides is unknown. Chlorothiazide sodium for injection does not usually affect normal blood pressure. Chlorothiazide sodium for injection affects the distal renal tubular mechanism of electrolyte reabsorption. At maximal therapeutic dosage all thiazides are approximately equal in their diuretic efficacy. Natriuresis may be accompanied by some loss of potassium and bicarbonate. After oral use diuresis begins within 2 hours, peaks in about 4 hours and lasts about 6 to 12 hours.

Why people take it. Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection, USP is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and corticosteroid and estrogen therapy.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · 77W477J15H · read 2026-08-29

  • Its recorded molecular formula is C7H5ClN3NaO4S2, weighing 317.71.

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

Where each sentence above came from

A person wrote this explanation into the record, with the studies named in the path below.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 131 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What was measured, goal by goal

One row for each goal a registered study measured something for. One column for each kind of thing that could be measured.

Registered studies list 8 outcome measures that RNAWiki could read. A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. 0 of the matched studies tested this substance, and 0 posted a result.

There is no single score. A strong test result and a weak life result are different facts.

Goals down the side, kinds of measurement across the top. Each cell says what kind of thing was registered, not what was found.
GoalLife outcomeWhat a body can doHow a person feelsA test resultA step in the bodyHarmsHow longWho was studied
Healthy ageingWaiting for a reviewer2 registered study measure of this kind. No reviewed result yet.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a symptom measure for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a test result for this goal.Nothing in the sources checkedNo registered study lists a body-step measure for this goal.Not recordedHarms were not a registered measure for this goal.Not recordedNo finished study window is recorded.Waiting for a reviewerWho was studied is listed further down the page.
Which registered measures put each goal on this table
Healthy ageing
all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality; all cause mortality

Sorted by fixed word lists, version v1. A name the rules do not recognise stays unsorted rather than moving to the nearest column.

What each mark on this table means
Waiting for a reviewer
2 registered study measure of this kind. No reviewed result yet.
Nothing in the sources checked
No registered study lists a performance measure for this goal.
Not recorded
Harms were not a registered measure for this goal.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

First occurrence of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI) or nonfatal stroke

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00133692
How many people
22000
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Time From Randomization to Composite Primary Outcome

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT02185417
How many people
20723
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of hypertensive subjects with BP controlled during follow-up

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT03147092
How many people
15000
Study design
Early phase 1
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Time-to-event Analysis of Percentage of Patients With a Composite Cardiovascular (CV) Morbidity or Mortality Event

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00170950
How many people
11506
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

First Occurrence of a Major Cardiovascular Event (MCE); Specifically Nonfatal Heart Attack, Nonfatal Stroke, or Cardiovascular Death (Measured Throughout the Study) in the Glycemia Trial.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT00000620
How many people
10251
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

the prevention of recurrent stroke.

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01198496
How many people
5000
Study design
Phase 4
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.2 registered measures of this kind. 2 written-up studies measured this and did not show a benefit.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.1 registered measure of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals No evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.No animal record is stored.
  8. Cells in a dish No evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.No cell or bench record is stored.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • maximum concentration as measured by pk sampling

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

  • all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality
  • all cause mortality

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (5)
  • elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling
  • half life as measured by pk sampling
  • absorption rate constant as measured by pk sampling
  • auc as measured by pk sampling
  • who discontinue pes due to traes

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • DIURIL is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and corticosteroid and estrogen therapy. DIURIL has also been found useful in edema due to various forms of renal dysfunction such as nephrotic syndrome, acute glomerulonephritis, and chronic renal failure.

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “Safety and effectiveness of chlorothiazide sodium for injection in pediatric patients have not been established.”

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Clinical studies of chlorothiazide sodium for injection did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects.”

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Teratogenic Effects - Pregnancy Category C : Although reproduction studies performed with chlorothiazide doses of 50 mg/kg/day in rabbits, 60 mg/kg/day in rats and 500 mg/kg/day in mice revealed no external abnormalities of the fetus or impairment of growth and survival of the fetus due to chlorothiazide, such studies did not include complete examinations for visceral and skeletal abnormalities.”

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Because of the potential for serious adverse reactions in nursing infants from chlorothiazide sodium for injection, a decision should be made whether to discontinue nursing or to discontinue the drug, taking into account the importance of the drug to the mother.”

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

RNAWiki has not recorded a supervision or regulatory status for this substance.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

No register row and no identity class settled the question.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as tablet, injectable, suspension, injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution, given by the oral, injection, intravenous route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Chlorothiazide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 4 most-reported reaction terms, 9 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (4)
  • rib fracture — 3 reaction mentions
  • angular cheilitis — 2 reaction mentions
  • chronic gastritis — 2 reaction mentions
  • neuritis — 2 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 15 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 15 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 63323-658 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution, powder and suspension, taken intravenous and oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 63323-658 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is increased diuresis [pe], thiazide diuretic [epc] and thiazides [cs].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 63323-658 · read 2026-08-29

  • 9 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 9 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · bd936e35-1af8-42da-bcc0-f22489d68574 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · bd936e35-1af8-42da-bcc0-f22489d68574 · read 2026-08-29

  • 1 marketed supplement label lists this ingredient, classed as fat/fatty acid.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 27735 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels carry all other and nutrient claims. A claim of that kind is written by the manufacturer and is not assessed by any regulator, so its presence says nothing about whether it is true.

    NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database · 27735 · read 2026-08-29

  • chlorothiazide sodium is intravenous at HOW SUPPLIED Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection, USP is supplied as follows: NDC Chlorothiazide Sodium for Injection, USP Package Factor 25021-305-66 500 mg Single-Dose Vial 1 vial per carton Chlorothiazide Sodium for…, recorded as fda label in effect 2026-08-04 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 82dd0bdd-e6bd-48ea-8f58-c8bf71bbfe2c · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

RNAWiki could not confidently classify this substance, so no self-experiment plan is offered.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Chlorothiazide studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Chlorothiazide are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
77W477J15H
RxNorm concept
213439

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Written into the record, not signed off.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

    No internal keys in reader text

    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Not passed

    Safety mode resolved

    No register row and no identity class settled the question.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

    slug and display name present

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • 30 approved applications cover products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA011145, approved 19580904 to RISING.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA011145 · read 2026-08-29

  • Marketing status on the register: discontinued and prescription.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA011145 · read 2026-08-29

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 19620215.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 63323-658 · read 2026-08-29

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What did Chlorothiazide's largest trial (22213 people) and its longest (13 years) measure?


22213 people in Chlorothiazide's largest registered study, 13 years in its longest registered window, measuring All-Cause-Hospitalization or All-Cause Mortality. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

3 na or unstated, 2 phase4, 1 na, 1 phase3; NCT00000484; 1979-01; no ageing endpoint recorded. Last human test completed 2020, NCT04467931.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Chlorothiazide was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • na or unstated
    3
  • phase4
    2
  • na
    1
  • phase3
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT04467931
    2020-12-31

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Chlorothiazide was tested only in human — what did it show?


human: lifespan (7): the rungs where Chlorothiazide has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation All-Cause-Hospitalization or All-Cause Mortality — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse Rat Dog Non-human primate Human lifespan
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  • human NCT04467931
    lifespan; All-Cause-Hospitalization or All-Cause Mortality; 7

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Why did Chlorothiazide's trial NCT03574857 stop?


1 recorded trial of Chlorothiazide stopped. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"Low enrollment"; 1 of 7 registered studies

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  • Trial NCT03574857
    terminated; "Low enrollment"

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Could one person measure Chlorothiazide's effect on elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling?


Elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling: measured in Chlorothiazide's trials.

Interpretation elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling is the recorded endpoint.

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biomarkers

  • elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling; 2026-09-01
  • half life as measured by pk sampling; 2026-09-01
  • absorption rate constant as measured by pk sampling; 2026-09-01
  • auc as measured by pk sampling; 2026-09-01
  • maximum concentration as measured by pk sampling; 2026-09-01
  • all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality; 2026-09-01
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  • biomarkers
    all cause mortality; 2026-09-01
  • biomarkers
    who discontinue pes due to traes; 2026-09-01
  • half life
    2026-09-04; halfLife; 2026-08-04
  • human trials at or under30
    1
  • smallest human trial
    5; NCT03574857; PHASE4; the smallest recorded human enrolment at or below 30; the registry states no direction of its result; TERMINATED

Which of absorption rate constant as measured by pk sampling, all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality and all cause mortality did Chlorothiazide's trials measure?


absorption rate constant as measured by pk sampling, all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality and all cause mortality lead 8 outcome terms across Chlorothiazide's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Interpretation auc as measured by pk sampling, maximum concentration as measured by pk sampling, all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality, all cause mortality and who discontinue pes due to traes follow.

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  • elimination rate constant as measured by pk sampling
    1
  • half life as measured by pk sampling
    1
  • absorption rate constant as measured by pk sampling
    1
  • auc as measured by pk sampling
    1
  • maximum concentration as measured by pk sampling
    1
  • all cause hospitalization or all cause mortality
    1
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  • all cause mortality
    1
  • who discontinue pes due to traes
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Chlorothiazide's 2 ongoing trials reports first?


2 registered trials of Chlorothiazide are open; earliest completion 2026-12. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Clearance (CL) or apparent oral clearance (CL/F) as measured by PK sampling; The incidence and severity of Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), including adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs), as assessed by the study physicians from…; latest 2033-03-01

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Trial

  • NCT04278404
    "Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children Per Standard of Care (POPS)"; n 5000; "Clearance (CL) or apparent oral clearance (CL/F) as measured by PK sampling"; 2026-12
  • NCT07568574
    "Impact of Medically Supervised Performance-Enhancing Substances (PES) on Elite Athletes"; n 60; "The incidence and severity of Treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs), including adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs), as assessed by the study physicians from baseline to 5.5 years after enrollment."; 2033-03-01

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Which 2 trials of Chlorothiazide posted no result?


Posted no result
2 of 2 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00000484 and NCT04467931
Completion dates
oldest 1979-01; newest 2020-12-31
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Trial

  • NCT00000484
    1979-01
  • NCT04467931
    2020-12-31

At the median, Chlorothiazide's trials enrolled 60 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
60
Largest enrolment
22213
Registered trials counted
5

What do 9 spontaneous reports say about Chlorothiazide — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Chlorothiazide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 4 most-reported reaction terms, 9 reaction mentions were counted: rib fracture 3; angular cheilitis 2; chronic gastritis 2; neuritis 2. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL1200616 · 2026-06-24

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  • rib fracture
    3
  • angular cheilitis
    2
  • chronic gastritis
    2
  • neuritis
    2

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

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ChEMBL id
CHEMBL1200616
PubChem CID
23675744
CAS number
7085-44-1
RxCUI
91217
InChIKey
JBMKAUGHUNFTOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Also called
CHLOROTHIAZIDE SODIUM, Clorotiazida, Hydrochlorothiazide impurity, chlorothiazide-, CHLOROTHIAZIDE [EP IMPURITY], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [GREEN BOOK], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [HSDB], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [JAN], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [MART.], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [MI], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [ORANGE BOOK], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [USP IMPURITY], CHLOROTHIAZIDE [USP MONOGRAPH]
Salt form
Chlorothiazide sodium salt
Trade name
Diuril, Saluric
Development code
NSC-25693
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