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Mineral and electrolyte metabolism • 1982 | View Paper
“Consequently, if the cellular potassium is further depressed owing to diarrhoea and vomiting or to administration of drugs that cause loss of potassium-such as those of the chlorothiazide group or the steroids-there is a risk that the patient's condition will deteriorate and even end fatally.”
Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift • 1967 | View Paper
“ Chlorothiazide ( 6-chloro-7-sulfamyl-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-1, 1-dioxide ) markedly alters the renal excretion of sodium, chloride, and potassium and is a potent diuretic.”