Losamax 50 mg Tab.
Generic Name: Losartan Potassium USP
Therapeutic Class |
Antihypertensive |
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Category: Pharma Product
Presentation
Losamax 50 Tablet: Each film-coated tablet contains Losartan Potassium BP 50 mg.
Indications
Hypertension (including reduction of stroke risk in hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy); chronic heart failure when ACE inhibitors are unsuitable or contra-indicated; diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Dosage & Administration
- Hypertension, diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus, usually 50 mg once daily (intravascular volume depletion, initially 25 mg once daily); if necessary increased after several weeks to 100 mg once daily; elderly over 75 years initially 25 mg daily.
- Chronic heart failure, initially 12.5 mg once daily, increased at weekly intervals to maximum 150 mg once daily if tolerated.
Packaging
Losamax 50 Tablet: Box containing 3X10’s capsules in Alu-Alu blister pack.