Losartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) used to treat hypertension. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are used for a similar indication but are associated with a cough. When patients with ACE inhibitor associated coughs are switched to ARBs like losartan, they have an incidence of cough similar to placebo or hydrochlorothiazide. Los...
Losartan is indicated to treat hypertension in patients older than 6 years, reduce the risk of stroke in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (though this benefit may not extend to patients with African heritage), and to treat diabetic nephropathy with elevated serum creatinine and proteinuria in patients with type 2 diabetes and hyper...
Pharmacoepidemiology and Statistics Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Dept. of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Anam Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States
University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Children's Hospital of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Donggguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
UC Irvine Health, Orange, California, United States
University of Colorado Hospital - Anschutz Cancer Pavilion (ACP), Aurora, Colorado, United States
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
10 Institutions Including Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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