Heart Disease. Heart, or cardiovascular, disease is responsible for nearly half of all deaths in the United States each year, killing nearly one million people each year, and afflicting over 60 million others.
In adults, thyroid hormones help to maintain the function of the brain, the use of food by the body, and body temperature. The FDA approved liothyronine in May 1956. PRESCRIBED FOR: Liothyronine is used to treat hypothyroidism (low production of thyroid hormone) in adults and children. Prolonged hypothyroidism can result in a condition called myxedema in which patients develop swollen lips, thickened nose, and unusual deposits of material in the skin that are dry and waxy.
A: Hydrochlorothiazide (Microzide) is a thiazide diuretic which is used to treat high blood pressure. Hydrochlorothiazide is also used to treat edema (swelling) associated with congestive heart failure, hepatic cirrhosis, estogen and corticosteroid therapy, and various forms of renal dysfunction.