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If you take 12.5mg hydrochlorothiazide check your meds, it seems that there was a label mix-up:
"A potentially life-threatening label mix-up has led to a nationwide recall of a high blood pressure medication, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accord Healthcare Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of 12.5 mg hydrochlorothiazide tablets after a 100-count bottle of the drug was found to contain 100 tablets of another drug, spironolactone. hydrochlorothiazide-12-5mg-100.jpg Accord Healthcare is recalling some bottles of Hydrochlorothiazide tablets USP, 12.5 mg, which is prescribed for high blood pressure, because they may contain the wrong pills. ACCORD HEALTHCARE Both medications are used to treat high blood pressure, but the FDA warns that taking spironolactone instead of hydrochlorothiazide could pose the risk of hyperkalemia, or an unsafe increase in potassium levels, in some people. This can result in "adverse events that range from limited health consequences to life-threatening situations in certain individuals," the FDA said in a statement" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blood-p...-label-mix-up/
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