Drug Summary

  Drug name:  chlortalidone
  Chemical name:  Chlorthalidone
  Formula:  C₁₄H₁₁ClN₂O_{4
  Weight:   338.766
  CAS no:  77-36-1
  DrugBank link:  DB00310
  Description:  A benzenesulfonamide-phthalimidine that tautomerizes to a benzophenones form. It is considered a thiazide-like diuretic. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For management of hypertension either as the sole therapeutic agent or to enhance the effect of other antihypertensive drugs in the more severe forms of hypertension.}