Bendroflumethiazide

Order Bendroflumethiazide Blood Pressure Tablets Online

Written by Clinical Pharmacist Hywel McGlinchy

You can order bendroflumethiazide online from Simple Online Pharmacy, a UK registered online pharmacy and doctor service. You will need to complete an online consultation for our UK registered doctors to review. They will ensure the medicine is suitable and safe for you to take. 

If deemed safe by our doctors, a prescription will be sent to our pharmacy team. They will dispense the medication and deliver it to your address using Royal Mail.

Please note, this medication can only be prescribed as an emergency supply of your repeat prescription. You should receive a regular supply of this medication from your GP. Some people take more than one type of blood pressure medicine. If you would like to order an emergency request for all of your blood pressure medicines, you just need to fill out a consultation for each one.

What is Bendroflumethiazide?

Bendroflumethiazide is a medicine that is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) alone or with other medication. It can also be used to treat fluid retention (oedema). It belongs to a family of medicines called thiazide diuretics but is more commonly known as a water tablet.

It is a prescription-only medicine.

How does it work?

Thiazide diuretics are sometimes called water tablets because they increase how much you urinate. By doing this they get rid of extra fluid from your body. Bendroflumethiazide works to reduce the amount of fluid in the blood. 

This makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around the body and reduces your blood pressure. It can also help make other blood pressure medicines more effective at reducing blood pressure.

It is important that people diagnosed with high blood pressure get treatment to reduce it. If a person has high blood pressure over a long time, it puts extra strain on your blood vessels, heart and other organs. Although there are no symptoms of high blood pressure, in the long term it can lead to a number of serious complications like aneurysms, heart failure, kidney disease, strokes and heart attacks. 

The risk of high blood pressure is increased in people with an unhealthy lifestyle. Making certain changes to your lifestyle can lower your risk, such as improving your diet, losing weight if you are overweight and exercising more. 

Weight loss medication like orlistat is available to order from our online doctor service. Stopping smoking can also help to reduce blood pressure.

If you would like a blood pressure reading you can speak to your GP surgery or visit a local pharmacy. Some people buy blood pressure monitors to allow them to take a blood pressure reading at home.

Dose

It should be taken as directed by your doctor. Bendroflumethiazide tablets are available in two different strengths:

• 2.5mg
• 5mg

The bendroflumethiazide dose for people with hypertension is one 2.5mg tablet once daily. The dose should be taken in the morning. If doses are taken in the night it may disturb your sleep because it makes you pee more.

The dose used to treat fluid retention (oedema) is generally 5mg once daily.

Bendroflumethiazide Summary

Alternatives

Several types of high blood pressure medication are available. These include:

• Angiotensin-2 receptor antagonists (ARBs) 
• Beta blockers
• ACE inhibitors 
• Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) 

Other diuretics are used to treat hypertension including indapamide, chlortalidone, and furosemide.

Is bendroflumethiazide a beta blocker?

Bendroflumethiazide is not a beta blocker. It belongs to a family of medicines called thiazide diuretics, commonly known as ‘water tablets’. To see information on beta blockers, visit the NHS website.

Does bendroflumethiazide affect kidney function?

Bendroflumethiazide can affect electrolyte levels in the body. Your doctor may monitor your kidney function and electrolyte levels regularly during treatment. It should not be used in people with severely impaired kidney function.

Does bendroflumethiazide cause hypokalaemia?

Low potassium levels in the blood is called hypokalaemia. Bendroflumethiazide can cause this as a side effect, as well as causing low sodium levels.

Can I drink alcohol with bendroflumethiazide?

Drinking alcohol can increase your blood pressure and may make you feel lightheaded and dizzy. A side effect of bendroflumethiazide can be dizziness so you should see how it affects you before drinking alcohol with it. If you feel okay drinking alcohol with bendroflumethiazide, you should keep within the national guideline limits.

Who should not take bendroflumethiazide?

Bendroflumethiazide may not be suitable for everyone to take. This includes:

• People with Addison’s disease
• People who are allergic to bendroflumethiazide or any of the ingredients in the tablets
• People with low blood levels of sodium or potassium
• People with high blood levels of calcium
• People with severely impaired liver or kidney function

You can see more information in the patient information leaflet. 

What is bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg used for?

The 2.5mg dose is normally used to treat people with high blood pressure. Higher doses are normally used for people with fluid retention (oedema). High blood pressure increases your risk of conditions like heart attacks and strokes. By reducing your blood pressure, bendroflumethiazide helps to lower the risk.

Can I order bendroflumethiazide online?

Order bendroflumethiazide blood pressure medication online from our UK registered online doctor and pharmacy. Before ordering you will need to fill in an online consultation for review by our doctors. If the medicine is suitable to prescribe for you, a prescription will be sent to our pharmacy team. Our pharmacists will dispense the medication and dispatch it to your address. 

Our GPs can only prescribe this medicine for people who have been prescribed it on repeat by their GP.

Content reviewed: 07/10/2020

When taking any medicine there can be a risk of side effects.

Some bendroflumethiazide side effects include constipation, joint pain, dizziness, and stomach pain. 

There are some serious side effects to be aware of when taking it. Speak to your doctor immediately if you have:

• Severe and sudden stomach pain (a potential sign of pancreas problems)
• Signs of dehydration (e.g thirsty, dark pee, feeling dizzy or lightheaded)
• Unexplained bruising or bleeding
• Signs of jaundice (e.g itching, yellowing of the skin, pale faeces)

Seek immediate medical attention if you get signs of an allergic reaction. Signs include a skin rash, trouble breathing and swelling of the face and/or tongue.

Further information is available in the patient information leaflet.

Before taking any medication, it is important to read the Patient Information Leaflet. You can find information leaflets for your medicines by typing them into the search bar at medicines.org, or by contacting us.

• Bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg PIL
• Bendroflumethiazide 5mg PIL

Other conditions and bendroflumethiazide

It may not be suitable for everyone to take. This includes:

• People with high blood levels of calcium
• People with low blood levels of sodium or potassium
• People who are allergic to bendroflumethiazide or any of the ingredients in the tablets
• People with Addison’s disease
• People with severely impaired liver or kidney function

There are other conditions that may not be suitable with bendroflumethiazide treatment such as diabetes, liver disease, and lupus. 

Interactions with other medicines

There are a number of medicines that can interact with bendroflumethiazide. If you take any of these medicines, or are unsure, speak to your doctor before taking bendroflumethiazide:

• Digoxin
• Calcium channel blockers
• NSAIDs (e.g ibuprofen, naproxen)
• ACE inhibitors
• Certain antidepressants 
• Allopurinol for gout
• Carbamazepine

This is not a full list of interacting medicines. See the patient information leaflet for further information on interacting medicines.