Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An oral drug, C22H22ClN6O, used in the form of its potassium salt, that is an angiotensin receptor antagonist used to treat hypertension.
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- noun An
angiotensin receptor antagonist that showsantihypertensive activity
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For patients already receiving an AIIA, their prescription was discontinued, and investigators had the option of initiating open-label losartan 25 mg daily for one week or directly randomizing the patient.
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Although Du Pont applied for a patent for a medicine called losartan on 9th July 1987, the first MA to place losartan on the market within the EU was granted on 26th September 1994 such that seven years of marketing under patent protection was lost.
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One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010
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But it may be too soon to give all the credit to ARBs, which include candesartan (Atacand), irbesartan (Avapro), losartan (Cozaar), and valsartan (Diovan).
Study: Some blood pressure drugs may cut risk of Alzheimer’s 2010
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But it may be too soon to give all the credit to ARBs, which include candesartan (Atacand), irbesartan (Avapro), losartan (Cozaar), and valsartan (Diovan).
Study: Some blood pressure drugs may cut risk of Alzheimer’s 2010
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Rienhoff persuaded Beatrice's cardiologist to start her on losartan, figuring that they had little to lose—the potential side effects were minor; the potential upside huge.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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It's difficult to say exactly why the losartan worked, or even if it was, indeed, the reason for her newfound grace.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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