Chemical formula: C₂₂H₂₃ClN₆O Molecular mass: 422.911 g/mol PubChem compound: 3961
Losartan is indicated for:
Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Treatment of essential hypertension in adults and in children and adolescents 6-18 years of age.
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Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Treatment of chronic heart failure in adult patients when treatment with Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is not considered suitable due to incompatibility, especially cough, or contraindication. Patients with heart failure who have been stabilised with an ACE inhibitor should not be switched to losartan. The patients should have a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40% and should be clinically stable and on an established treatment regimen for chronic heart failure.
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Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Treatment of renal disease in adult patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus with proteinuria ≥0.5 g/day as part of an antihypertensive treatment.
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Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)
Reduction in the risk of stroke in hypertensive patients with left-ventricular hypertrophy documented by ECG.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old)
Treatment of essential hypertension in adults and in children and adolescents 6-18 years of age.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):
Losartan is contraindicated in the following cases:
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