4-Amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.1 Formulations containing this compound are diuretics.2 4-Amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide is detected as a hydrolysis product of chlorothiazide in the urine.2 Diuretics, including chlorothiazide, have been abused as performance-enhancing drugs and masking agents in sports doping.3
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2. Deventer, K., Pozo, O.J., Van Eenoo, P., et al. Detection of urinary markers for thiazide diuretics after oral administration of hydrochlorothiazide and altizide-relevance to doping control analysis. J. Chromatogr. A 1216(12), 2466-2473 (2009).
3. Cadwallader, A.B., de la Torre, X., Tieri, A., et al. The abuse of diuretics as performance-enhancing drugs and masking agents in sport doping: Pharmacology, toxicology and analysis. Br. J. Pharmacol. 161(1), 1-16 (2010).