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Cyclopenthiazide (trade name Navidrex) is a thiazide diuretic used in the treatment of heart failure and hypertension.

Synthesis

Cyclopenthiazide synthesis:[1]

Contraindications

Thiazide diuretics increase the excretion of sodium and potassium ions and decrease the excretion of calcium ions and uric acid so they are contraindicated in patients with hyponatraemia, hypokalaemia, hypercalcaemia and hyperuricaemia. They are also contraindicated in patients with Addison's disease.

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitehead CW, Traverso JJ, Sullivan HR, Marshall FJ (1961). "Diuretics. V. 3,4-Dihydro-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine 1,1-Dioxides". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26 (8): 2814–2818. doi:10.1021/jo01066a046.


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