Generic Versions of Cozaar and Hyzaar Tablets Approved for Hypertension Treatment
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MedNewsPosted
Wed 07 Apr 2010 11:49am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved today the first generic versions of two drugs used for the treatment of hypertension. Losartan potassium tablets and losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide tablets (a combination drug) are the generic equivalents of Cozaar and Hyzaar tablets, respectively.
Cozaar and Hyzaar tablets
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Cozaar is First ARB to go Generic!!
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Keep Your Heart HealthyPosted
Fri 09 Apr 2010 12:00am
of these medicines and would like to pay a cheaper price, then talk to your doctor about switching over to the new generic for Cozaar (aka losartan). I have already called my local pharmacy and they received a shipment of generic losartan/HCTZ (Hyzaar) yesterday. By next week they should be selling it for a significantly lower price than the brand name. According
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The Eyes Have It?
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John ShelmetPosted
Fri 28 Aug 2009 6:42pm
Two blood pressure medications, ENALAPRIL and LOSARTAN, were supposed to slow down the potential damage diabetes might do to kidney function, but results have been disappointing. However, an unexpected benefit has been shown in Type 1 diabetic patients taking the two drugs -- a 65-70% reduction in severity of retinopathy (eye damage).
According
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Gender Differences And Heart Disease
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Ed H.Posted
Mon 21 Jul 2008 10:07am
— losartan and atenolol — for the reduction of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). The condition is a thickening and enlargement of muscle of the left ventricle of the heart
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High Blood Pressure ARBs, Cancer and DASH
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Dr. John L.Posted
Mon 14 Jun 2010 10:20am
),
eprosartan (Teveten),
irbesartan (Avapro),
telmisartan (Micardis),
valsartan (Diovan),
losartan (Cozaar),
olmesartan (Benicar)
What is left unsaid is that several very
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Popular Blood Pressure Drugs Tied to Slight Rise in Cancer Risk
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Ed H.Posted
Sun 13 Jun 2010 5:50pm
Use of a popular class of drugs for high blood pressure and heart failure is associated with a slight boost in cancer risk, a new review of data finds.
The drugs are known as angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and include medicines such as telmisartan (Micardis), losartan (Cozaar, Hyzaar), valsartan (Diovan) and candesartan (Atacand
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Atrial fibrillation in endurance ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Posted
Mon 22 Jun 2009 11:37am
that it does and that a period of inactivity might be of benefit in those with a history of fibrillation.
3. Losartan attenuates heart fibrosis induced by chronic endurance training in an animal model. Just as inactivity after training may inhibit cardiac fibrosis in animal models, a similar study suggests that the anti-hypertensive drug losartan prevents the heart
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Heart drug may block breast canc ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 6:58pm
drug losartan stopped them, the team at the University of Michigan found.
They transplanted human tumors that expressed AGTR1 -- meaning the gene was active -- into mice. Eight weeks after they gave the mice losartan the tumors shrank by 30 percent, they reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"What's also exciting is this gene
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Marfan syndrome has been in the ...
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Lisa E. L.Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:55pm
* Interesting note: Clinical discoveries take time. They don’t happen overnight. On May 8, NPR reported on the promise of the blood pressure drug, Losartan to treat Marfan syndrome
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