Can Losartan Potassium Cause Weight Loss While On IV And An Antibiotic For Urinary Tract Infection?

Posted on Fri, 1 Jun 2018

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Question : can losartan potassium cause weight loss? I have experienced weight loss from 162lbs to 147lbs in 1 week. After receiving IV's and an antibiotic for urinary tract infection all my laboratory results were normal.
Yesterday at my doctor's appt my weight went from 147lbs in January to 140lbs

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (28 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend as follows:

Detailed Answer:

Hello,

Welcome and thank you for asking.

Regarding your concern, I would explain that weight loss is not a known adverse effect of losartan.

An infection may lead to weight loss, related to inflammation.

Anyway, I would recommend performing further tests to investigate for possible causes of weight loss:

- complete blood count for anaemia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- blood electrolytes for thyroid dysfunction.

Hope you will find this answer helpful!

Kind regards,

Dr.Iliri

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