After Lauren experienced hypokalemia, her physician discontinued her hydrochlorothiazide and prescribed a different medicine. How does hydrochlorothiazide work as a diuretic, and how might it produce...

After Lauren experienced hypokalemia, her physician discontinued her hydrochlorothiazide and prescribed a different medicine.
How does hydrochlorothiazide work as a diuretic, and how might it produce
hypokalemia?
What other type of diuretic might the physician prescribe, and how would it help Lauren’s hypertension and hypokalemia?