title: Diuretic and cardiovascular effects of indapamide in hypertensive subjects: a dose-response curve.
abstract: In a single-blind, placebo-controlled study, the effects were evaluated of increasing doses of indapamide (1.0, 2.5 and 5.0 mg/day, each dose for 4 weeks) on volume and haemodynamic status of 10 hypertensive subjects. Body weight showed a decrease of 0.5 kg at the 1 mg dose, of 1.0 kg at the 2.5 mg dose and no further decrease at 5 mg. Plasma volume did not change. Mean arterial pressure decrease in 8 subjects by about 20 mmHg; 2 patients were classified as 'non-responders'. The decrease in blood pressure was accompanied by a reduction in total peripheral resistance and no change in cardiac output. LV end-diastolic volume decreased by about 20 ml. These results suggest that indapamide not only has a diuretic effect, but also acts as a veno-arterial vasodilator.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004231:Diuresis / Q000187:drug effects*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D007190:Indapamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010953:Plasma Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics; D007190:Indapamide