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...
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Therapeutics (INTEC), CUCS, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Northwestern Univ-Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
Clinical Unit, Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States
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