Compare Amiloride vs. Aldactazide
Head-to-head comparisons of medication uses, side effects, ratings, and more.
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Lowers blood pressure and removes extra water from your body.
Aldactazide (spironolactone / hydrochlorothiazide) removes extra fluid from your body and lowers your blood pressure, but can cause dangerously high potassium levels.
Upsides
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- Lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with high blood pressure.
- Good combination pill if you have both high blood pressure and heart failure or liver failure.
- Prevents further heart remodeling in heart failure, which lowers your risk of death.
- Helpful for people who tend to accumulate fluid in their arms, legs, or stomach.
Downsides
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- Can increase the risk of tumor growth with long term use.
- Regular blood tests are needed to monitor your electrolytes and kidney function, and more frequently if you have liver or kidney disease.
- Can make you more sensitive to sunlight.
- May cause a reaction if you have a sulfa allergy.
Used for
- Congestive heart failure Hypertension
- Edema
- Associated with thiazolidinedione use
Dosage forms
- Pill
- Pill
Price
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Side effects
The Midamor (Amiloride) FDA package insert doesn’t have numbers about how common side effects are.
The Aldactazide (spironolactone / hydrochlorothiazide) FDA package insert doesn’t have numbers about how common side effects are.
Risks and risk factors
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- Tumor development
- Longer use with Aldactazide (spironolactone / hydrochlorothiazide)
- Electrolyte abnormalities
- Kidney problems
- Medicine that affects electrolytes
- Diabetes
- Liver problems
- Severe allergic reactions
- History of sulfa allergy
- Gout
- History of gout
- Kidney problems
- Dangerously high potassium
- Breast pain or swelling
- Larger doses of Aldactazide (spironolactone / hydrochlorothiazide)
- Taking Aldactazide (spironolactone / hydrochlorothiazide) for a long time