CHLORTHALIDONE COMPARED TO HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE IN REDUCING CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NETWORK META-ANALYSES

Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) is the thiazide widely prescribed to treat hypertension. (e.g., HCTZ represented 96p of all thiazide prescriptions in the Veterans Administration [Ernst 2010].) Some have recently expressed a preference for chlorthalidone (CTDN). However, no head-to-head randomized