Thiazide diuretics do not protect against changes that accompany renal aging.

Conclusions: GS and loss of renal function are changes produced during aging. Although thiazide diuretics do help reduce arterial pressure, they do not prevent and, furthermore, appear to favor these changes in the normal CF1 mouse.
PMID: 19662611 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)