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Many blood pressure pills such as thiazide diuretics deplete the body of potassium.

The all-VUMC team of researchers plans to investigate the underlying mechanisms by which thiazide diuretics lower the risk of kidney stones next.

Taking a thiazide diuretic, however, had essentially no effect on risk for mood-disorder hospitalization.

Dr. Riley and Dr. Bluhm listed thiazide diuretics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers, beta blockers and calcium channel blockers as “safe, effective and well-tolerated in children.”

Until recently, the standard advice for most people was to start with a “water pill,” a thiazide diuretic such as hydrochlorothiazide, either alone or with another drug.