Cozaar (Losartan) Description
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Common uses
This medicine is an angiotensin ii receptor antagonist used to treat high blood pressure by working to prevent the narrowing of blood vessels. Losartan is used to treat diabetic kidney problems as well. This medicine may be used to treat other conditions as determined by your doctor.
Before using Warning: this drug can cause serious fetal damage if it is used during the six months last of the pregnancy. If it happens the pregnancy, to stop using of this drug and to make contact with enemy with immediately to your doctor. To inform to your doctor any other conditions, allergies, pregnancy, or medical breast-feeding. Directions To follow the directions to use this medicine provided by your doctor. This medicine can be taken in an empty stomach or with the food. To store this medicine in the room temperature in a tight-closed package, far from the heat and of the light. If lack a dose of this medicine, to take it as soon as possible. If you are only taking one dose to the day and you do not remember your dose lacked until the following day, to jump the lacked dose and to go again to your schedule of regular metering. Not to take 2 doses immediately. Cautions Not to lead, not to work the machinery, nor to do all the others that could be dangerous until you know you react to this medicine. To only use this medicine, with other medicines, or alcohol can diminish your capacity to lead or to make other potentially dangerous tasks. Before you begin to take any new medicine, excessive prescription or - opposite, check with your doctor or phamacist. For the women: the use of this medicine during pregnancy has given rise until death and new born fetal. If you think you can be embarrassed, you immediately make contact with enemy with a your doctor. It is not known if this drug is excreted in maternal milk. Not to nurse whereas it takes this medicine. Possible side effects An indirect effect, of which it can go far during the treatment, is vertigos. If it continues or he is annoying, to verify with your doctor. If notes other effects nonenumerated above, to make contact with enemy with a your doctor, nurse, or phamacist. If you take too much If the overdose is suspected, to immediately make contact with enemy with your control center of the poison or site of local emergency. The symptoms of the overdose can include unusual vertigos or be desmayar, and fast or unusually slow pulse. Additional information Not to share this medicine with others for whom it was not prescribed. Not to use this medicine for other conditions of the health. To keep this medicine outside the reach from children. If it uses this medicine by a period of the extended time, to obtain the repuesios before your source works towards outside. Drug interactions The interactions of the drug can give rise to undesired indirect effect or avoid that a medicine makes its work. Some medical medicines or conditions can build reciprocally with this medicine. To inform to your doctor or phamacist all the excessive prescription and - the opposite medicine that you are taking. |
