Impact of Hydrochlorothiazide on Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: A Distributed Network Analysis of 11 Real-world Databases.

Summary: People who take a common blood pressure medicine called hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) might worry it causes skin cancer. Some past studies said it could, because it makes skin sensitive to the sun. To find out the truth, doctors looked at the health records of over 17,000 patients in Korea. They compared people taking HCTZ to people taking other blood pressure medicines. The good news? They found no link between HCTZ and skin cancer. It didn't matter how long people took the medicine, their age, or if they were men or women. The medicine is safe for your skin.