Various drugs used to treat hypertension act through the kidney and urine filtration system. A common drug to treat hypertension is thiazide, which acts directly on the cells of the distal convoluted tubule. Hypothesize about why thiazide lowers blood pressure, based on the anatomical feature of the kidney it targets.

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