Why Is The Losartan Pottab Prescribed?

Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2015

Question: What is. losartan pottab50mg and why is it prescibed.

Answered by Dr. Rakesh Madhyastha (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Anti hypertensive

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

Losartan is primarily used as an anti hypertensive agent. It is a first line anti hypertensive agent, which means that all newly diagnosed hypertensive patients receive this drug as the first choice.
The other uses of Losartan are

1. it protects the kidneys and reduced protein loss
2. it protects the heart and it has shown to reduce cardiac events

I hope I was of help, if you have any further queries please get back to me

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