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Naturetin (Bendroflumethiazide) - Summary

 
 



NATURETIN SUMMARY

NATURETIN®
Bendroflumethiazide Tablets USP

NATURETIN (Bendroflumethiazide Tablets USP) is a benzothiadiazine derivative containing a benzyl and trifluoromethyl group. It is a potent oral diuretic and antihypertensive agent.

NATURETIN is indicated as adjunctive therapy in edema associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, and corticosteroid and estrogen therapy.

NATURETIN has also been found useful in edema due to various forms of renal dysfunction such as: nephrotic syndrome, acute glomerulonephritis, and chronic renal failure.

NATURETIN tablets are indicated in the management of hypertension either as the sole therapeutic agent or to enhance the effectiveness of other antihypertensive drugs in the more severe forms of hypertension.

Usage in Pregnancy.

The routine use of diuretics in an otherwise healthy woman is inappropriate and exposes mother and fetus to unnecessary hazard. Diuretics do not prevent development of toxemia of pregnancy, and there is no satisfactory evidence that they are useful in the treatment of developed toxemia.

Edema during pregnancy may arise from pathological causes or from the physiologic and mechanical consequences of pregnancy. Thiazides are indicated in pregnancy when edema is due to pathologic causes, just as they are in the absence of pregnancy (however, see PRECAUTIONS, Pregnancy: Nonteratogenic Effects below). Dependent edema in pregnancy, resulting from restriction of venous return by the expanded uterus, is properly treated through elevation of the lower extremities and use of support hose; use of diuretics to lower intravascular volume in this case is illogical and unnecessary. There is hypervolemia during normal pregnancy which is harmful to neither the fetus nor the mother (in the absence of cardiovascular disease), but which is associated with edema, including generalized edema, in the majority of pregnant women. If this edema produces discomfort, increased recumbency will often provide relief. In rare instances, this edema may cause extreme discomfort which is not relieved by rest. In these cases, a short course of diuretics may provide relief and may be appropriate.


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Published Studies Related to Naturetin (Bendroflumethiazide)

Efficacy and safety of 24 weeks of therapy with bendroflumethiazide 1.25 mg/day or 2.5 mg/day and potassium chloride compared with enalapril 10 mg/day and amlodipine 5 mg/day in patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension : a multicentre, randomised, open study. [2006]
BACKGROUND: The efficacy and safety of therapy with low-dose bendroflumethiazide 1.25 mg/day or 2.5 mg/day and potassium chloride was compared with that of enalapril 10 mg/day and amlodipine 5 mg/day in patients with mild to moderate primary hypertension... CONCLUSION: The present study has confirmed, in a general practice population, that low-dose bendroflumethiazide (bendroflumethiazide 1.25-2.5 mg/day) in combination with potassium chloride is a well tolerated and efficacious first-line treatment for patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension.

Prevention of cardiovascular events with an antihypertensive regimen of amlodipine adding perindopril as required versus atenolol adding bendroflumethiazide as required, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. [2005.09.10]
BACKGROUND: The apparent shortfall in prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD) noted in early hypertension trials has been attributed to disadvantages of the diuretics and beta blockers used. For a given reduction in blood pressure, some suggested that newer agents would confer advantages over diuretics and beta blockers. Our aim, therefore, was to compare the effect on non-fatal myocardial infarction and fatal CHD of combinations of atenolol with a thiazide versus amlodipine with perindopril... INTERPRETATION: The amlodipine-based regimen prevented more major cardiovascular events and induced less diabetes than the atenolol-based regimen. On the basis of previous trial evidence, these effects might not be entirely explained by better control of blood pressure, and this issue is addressed in the accompanying article. Nevertheless, the results have implications with respect to optimum combinations of antihypertensive agents.

Cooperative mechanisms of acute antidiuretic response to bendroflumethiazide in rats with lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. [2010.12]
The exact mechanism underlying thiazides-induced paradoxical antidiuresis in diabetes insipidus is still elusive, but it has been hypothesized that it is exerted either via Na+-depletion activating volume-homeostatic reflexes to decrease distal delivery, or direct stimulation of distal water reabsorption...

Characterisation of excipient-free nanoporous microparticles (NPMPs) of bendroflumethiazide. [2008.08]
The purpose of this study was to prepare excipient-free porous microparticles of bendroflumethiazide by spray drying and to characterise the physicochemical properties of the particles produced. Solutions of bendroflumethiazide in ethanol/water, ethanol/water/ammonium carbonate or methanol/water/ammonium carbonate were spray dried using a laboratory spray dryer...

Does the aldosterone: renin ratio predict the efficacy of spironolactone over bendroflumethiazide in hypertension? A clinical trial protocol for RENALDO (RENin-ALDOsterone) study. [2007.05.09]
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure is an important determinant of cardiovascular disease risk.It may lead on to better blood pressures with fewer medications.

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Clinical Trials Related to Naturetin (Bendroflumethiazide)

A Randomised, Parallel-group, Double-blind, Double-dummy Study to Compare the Effects of Lacidipine Versus Bendrofluazide on Markers of Platelet Activation and Haemorheological Factors in Hypertensive Patients [Completed]
The aim of this study is to compare the effects of lacidipine on markers of platelet activation and other rheological factors in hypertensive patients with those of bendrofluazide

Fed Study of Nadolol/Bendroflumethiazide Tablets 80 mg/5 mg and Corzide� Tablets 80 mg/5 mg [Completed]
The objective of this study was to investigate the bioequivalence of Mylan's nadolol/bendroflumethiazide 80 mg/5 mg tablets to King's Corzide® 80 mg/5 mg tablets following a single, oral 80 mg/5 mg (1 x 80 mg/5 mg) dose administered under fed conditions.

Fasting Study of Nadolol/Bendroflumethiazide Tablets 80 mg/5 mg and Corzide� Tablets 80 mg/5 mg [Completed]
The objective of this study was to investigate the bioequivalence of Mylan's nadolol/bendroflumethiazide 80 mg/5 mg tablets to King's Corzide® 80 mg/5 mg tablets following a single, oral 80 mg/5 mg (1 x 80 mg/5 mg) dose administered under fasting conditions.

Double Blind Crossover Comparison of Diuretics in the Young [Recruiting]
The principle objective of the study is to determine whether low-renin (i. e. salt sensitive) hypertension at a young age is caused by the kidneys hanging onto too much salt as a result of an over active salt pump in the kidney. The kidneys have four different salt pumps, and each is blocked by a different type of diuretic (salt losing tablet)If one out of the four is overactive, we would expect patients

to respond much better to one diuretic than to the alternatives - rather than responding

equally well to all available types of diuretic.

Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Hypertensive LVH:Optimising Regression [Completed]
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause heart muscle 'thickening', and this increases the likelihood of complications and death. The high blood pressure explains some but not all of this increase in heart size. This study will investigate the other causes, and will measure the heart muscle 'thickness' very accurately using the latest and most accurate technique called cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The best way to treat this heart thickening remains to be determined. We hope to be able to show that by specifically targeting the cause of heart muscle thickening we can reduce its occurrence more effectively than by other standard means of blood pressure treatment

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