High blood pressure: Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) is typically started at 12.5 mg to 25 mg by mouth once daily for hypertension. It can be increased to 50 mg per day either as a single dose or split into two doses.

Adults—At first, 25 milligrams (mg) once a day. Your doctor may increase your dose as needed and may be taken as a single dose or divided into two doses.

If you take too much: If you take too much hydrochlorothiazide, your blood pressure might drop too low. You might feel faint or dizzy. If you think you’ve taken too much of this drug, call your doctor or seek guidance from the American Association of Poison Control Centers at 800-222-1222 or through their online tool.

In their combined analysis, the researchers found that HCTZ alone, at doses of 12.5 to 25 mg per day, reduced ambulatory blood pressure by an average of 7.5 mm Hg systolic and 4.6 mm Hg diastolic.

The usual starting dose is 20–80 mg, taken once per day. Your doctor may change your dose depending on how your body responds to the drug. Once your doctor determines your long-term (maintenance) dose, you may take it once or twice per day.

The effective dose of hydrochlorothiazide in 52% of these responders was 50 mg/day, and this was associated with weight loss averaging 1.58 kg. An additional 29% achieved goal BP with a similar degree of weight loss, but they required double the dose, or 100 mg/day.

Does hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) cause weight loss? Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) works to get rid of extra fluid in your body. By getting rid of this fluid, it can cause weight loss. Keep in mind that this is water weight, not fat loss.

Pill with imprint APO H 25 is Orange, Round and has been identified as Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg. It is supplied by Apotex Corp.. Hydrochlorothiazide is used in the treatment of edema; high blood pressure; osteoporosis; diabetes insipidus; nephrocalcinosis and belongs to the drug class thiazide diuretics.

Each round, pale pink, flat-faced, bevelled-edged tablet, scored and identified “APO” over “25”, contains hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg. Nonmedicinal ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, cornstarch, FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminum Lake, lactose, magnesium stearate, and microcrystalline cellulose.

When treating toxemia of pregnancy, the recommended dose is usually 100 mg taken every day; however doses may range from 100 mg every day to 100 mg every 4 days. If needed, the dose may be increased to 200 mg daily for severe toxemia given in 2 divided doses and for short periods of time.

In addition, the 37.5 mg/25 mg tablets contain D&C Yellow No.10 Aluminum Lake and FD&C Blue No.1 Aluminum Lake. Triamterene is 2,4,7-triamino-6-phenylpteridine. Triamterene is practically insoluble in water, benzene, chloroform, ether and dilute alkali hydroxides.