PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - Indapamide and xipamide - two more diuretics AID - 10.1136/dtb.17.19.74 DP - 1979 Sep 14 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 74--76 VI - 17 IP - 19 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/19/74.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/17/19/74.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1979 Sep 14; 17 AB - Indapamide (Natrilix - Servier) is a chlorosulphonamide diuretic which is structurally but distantly related to the thiazides and to other sulphonamide diuretics (e. g. chlorthalidone). The manufacturer claims that in clinical use it can lower the blood pressure without causing a diuresis and that it is effective in a single daily dose. It is promoted as an antihypertensive agent, not as a diuretic.