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Losartan, sold
under the
brand name
Cozaar among others, is a
medication used to
treat high
blood pressure (hypertension). It is in the
angiotensin receptor...
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Losartan/hydrochlorothiazide, sold
under the
brand name
Hyzaar among others, is a fixed-dose
combination medication used to
treat high
blood pressure when...
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revealed a
novel azido contaminant which occurs only in
losartan (
losartan azide or
losartan azido impurity) and
which was
found to be
mutagenic on Ames...
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nitrosamine impurities in
September 2024.
Since July 2018,
numerous recalls of
losartan,
valsartan and
irbesartan drug
products have
caused marked shortages of...
- such as
Losartan, or ACE
inhibitors may aid
blood flow to the fingers, and some
evidence shows that
angiotensin receptor blockers (often
losartan) reduce...
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issued notice of a
sixth product recall of
losartan by
Torrent Pharmaceuticals when
certain batches of
losartan contained the contaminant, N-methylnitrosobutyric...
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vessel wall. Therefore,
losartan also
holds promise for the
treatment of Loeys–Dietz syndrome. In
those patients in
which losartan is not
halting the growth...
- of the
angiotensin II
receptor blocker medicines (including valsartan,
losartan,
irbesartan and
other "-sartan" drugs)
contain nitrosamine impurities....
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potent and
selective nonpeptide AT1
receptor blocker losartan was developed. In 1995
losartan was
approved for
clinical use in the
United States and...
- with
other primary uses, that have
known uricosuric properties,
include losartan, atorvastatin, and fenofibrate.
Although these drugs may have significant...
