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Chlortalidone (INN/BAN) or chlorthalidone (USAN) is a diuretic drug used to treat hypertension originally marketed as Hygroton in the USA. It is described as a thiazide diuretic (or rather a thiazide-like diuretic because it acts similarly to the thiazides but does not contain the benzothiadiazine molecular structure). Compared with other medications of the thiazide class chlortalidone has the longest duration of action but a similar diuretic effect at maximal therapeutic doses.

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