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View Post: Higher Dose of Merck's Cozaar (losartan potassium tablets ...
17 Nov 2009
Reduction in the Risk of Stroke: The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study was a multinational, double-blind study comparing COZAAR and atenolol in 9193 hypertensive patients with ECG-documented left ...
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View Post: Effects of losartan vs candesartan in reducing cardiovascular ...
9 Nov 2009 by D Russell  
Effects of losartan vs candesartan in reducing cardiovascular events in the primary treatment of hypertension. Journal of Human Hypertension advance online publication, November 5, 2009. doi:10.1038/jhh.2009.77 ...
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View Post: Losartan prevents portal hypertension induced, redox-mediated ...
30 Oct 2009 by Stéphanie Dal-Ros, Monique Oswald-Mammosser,...  
Gastroenterology, Volume null, Issue null, Pages null, null, Authors:Stéphanie Dal-Ros; Monique Oswald-Mammosser; Tatiana Pestrikova; Christa Schott; Nelly Boehm; Christian Bronner; Thierry Chataigneau; Bernard Gény; ...
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View Post: AHA: High-Dose Losartan May Be Superior in Heart Failure
17 Nov 2009
In patients with heart failure, treatment with high-dose losartan is associated with superior clinical outcomes compared to treatment with low-dose losartan, according to a study published online Nov. 17 in The Lancet to coincide with ...
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View Post: Losartan prevents portal hypertension induced, redox-mediated ...
5 Nov 2009 by Dal-Ros S, Oswald-Mammosser M, Pestrikova...  
Losartan prevents portal hypertension induced, redox-mediated endothelial dysfunction in the mesenteric artery in rats. Gastroenterology. 2009 Oct 28;. Authors: Dal-Ros S, Oswald-Mammosser M, Pestrikova T, Schott C, Boehm N, Bronner C, ...
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View Post: Higher Dose of Merck's COZAAR® (losartan potassium tablets ...
18 Nov 2009 by admin  
for the treatment of hypertension and may be used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive agents, including diruetics. to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with hypertension and left ...
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View Post: Losartan dosing for heart failure
17 Nov 2009
Patients without a history of hypertension showed a greater treatment benefit from losartan at 150 mg/day than 50 mg/day compared with those with a history of hypertension: hazard ratio 0.77 (95% CI 0.67-0.90, p=0.01). ...
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View Post: The treatment of hypertension to share the “experience”
18 Nov 2009 by admin  
Studies have shown that in many antihypertensive drugs, the effect of losartan and other angiotensin receptor blockers on stroke prevention and treatment more effective. In the hypertension associated with left ventricular hypertrophy ...
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View Post: Losartan Metabolite EXP3179 Blocks NADPH Oxidase-Mediated ...
17 Aug 2009 by Fortuno, A., Bidegain, J., Robador, PA,...  
In a study performed in 153 hypertensive patients, phagocytic NADPH oxidase activity was lower (P<0.05) in losartan-treated compared with untreated patients and in patients treated with other angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists ...
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