Losamax 50 mg Tab.

Generic Name: Losartan Potassium USP
Therapeutic Class

Antihypertensive

Category:
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.