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Losartan - Cozaar - Dosage - Side Effects - Interactions - Warnings

Losartan (Cozaar, Hyzaar) drug information, dosage, side effects, drug interactions, and warnings. Losartan, brand name drugs include Cozaar and Hyzaar, is an AT receptor antagonist antihypertensive used in treating arterial hypertension that may also help uric acid levels. Losartan is not a specific gout drug but may exert beneficial uricosuric effects.
Patient Education: Cozaar / Losartan Tablets
Patient education for Cozaar / Losartan tablets. Cozaar helps lower blood pressure to normal levels. It controls high blood pressure, but it is not a cure. High blood pressure can damage your kidneys, and may lead to a stroke or heart failure. Losartan helps prevent these things from happening.
How To Treat Gout With Diet And Medication
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Gout attacks can be controlled or prevented by lifestyle changes and the use of certain medications.
Gout Treatment and Prevention
Information on gout treatment and prevention. What are the options for treating gout and preventing gout attacks.
The Gout Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of Gout
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Gout Screening Quiz
Gout is one of the most painful types of arthritis. Do you have symptoms which are associated with gout? Do you have a lifestyle which increases the risk factors associated with gout? Take our Gout Screening Quiz.
The Gout Guide: Free E-Course Newsletter
We have designed our free newsletter e-course to guide you to better understand gout. Learn more about gout basics, gout history, gout cause, gout diagnosis, gout treatment, gout prevention, gout diet, gout medication, and gout research.
Effects of Combination Treatment With Losartan on Uric Acid
Combination therapy of fenofibrate and/or losartan with anti-hyperuricaemic agents, which included benzbromarone (50 mg once daily) or allopurinol (200 mg twice a day), significantly reduced serum uric acid concentrations in accordance with increased uric acid excretion, from BMJJournals.
Sartans And Uric Acid
There is observational data suggesting that sartan drugs, particularly losartan, has an effect of lowering uric acid levels in blood, from Bandolier.
Drug Profile: Losartan Potassium (Cozaar)
Drug profile and essential information for Losartan Potassium (Cozaar), from UMM.
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