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. 1990 Sep;66(779):714-6.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.66.779.714.

Failure of thiazide diuretics to increase plasma calcium in mild primary hyperparathyroidism

C W Farquhar  1 , G S Spathis, J L Barron, G E Levin
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Failure of thiazide diuretics to increase plasma calcium in mild primary hyperparathyroidism

C W Farquhar et al. Postgrad Med J. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

Thirteen patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism who were taking thiazide diuretics intermittently for periods of up to 18 months were followed up for a mean of 5.3 years. No significant difference was found in either plasma total calcium corrected for albumin or whole blood ionized calcium in these patients between the periods on or off thiazides. We conclude that thiazide diuretics are not contraindicated in such patients.

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