Definition of "losartan" [losartan]

• An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity (noun)

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• "For patients already receiving an AIIA, their prescription was discontinued, and investigators had the option of initiating open-label losartan 25 mg daily for one week or directly randomizing the patient."
• "Although Du Pont applied for a patent for a medicine called losartan on 9th July 1987, the first MA to place losartan on the market within the EU was granted on 26th September 1994 such that seven years of marketing under patent protection was lost."
• "One study looked at two common medications for hypertension (high blood pressure), losartan and atenolol, in the treatment of left-ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)."