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Product Description:

Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide 100 mg/12.5 mg Film-coated Tablets

What is Losartan Potassium and Hydrochlorothiazide and what is it used for?

Losartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist and hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic. Angiotensin II is a substance made by the body that binds to receptors in blood vessels, causing them to tighten.

This medicine is used to treat primary hypertension (high blood pressure).

Do not take losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide.

• If you are allergic to losartan, hydrochlorothiazide, or any of the other ingredients of this medicine,

• If you are allergic to other sulfonamide derivatives.

• If you have severely impaired liver function.

• If you have low levels of potassium or sodium or high levels of calcium that cannot be corrected by treatment

• If you are more than 3 months pregnant

• If you have severely impaired kidney function or if your kidneys are not producing any urine

• If you have diabetes or kidney dysfunction and are being treated with a blood pressure lowering medicine that contains aliskiren.

Warnings and Precautions

Talk to your doctor or pharmacist before taking this combination:

• If you have previously had swelling of the face, lips, throat or tongue.

• If you are taking diuretics (water pills).

• If you are on a salt-restricted diet

• If you are suffering or have suffered from severe vomiting and/or diarrhea.

• If you have heart failure.

• If you have poor liver function.

• If you have narrowing of the arteries in your kidneys, if you have only one functioning kidney, or if you have recently had a kidney transplant

• If you have narrowing of the arteries, angina.

• If you have “aortic or mitral valve stenosis” or “hypertrophic cardiomyopathy”

• If you have diabetes.

• If you have had gout.

• If you have or have had an allergy, asthma, or a condition that causes joint pain, rash, or fever.

• If you have high calcium or low potassium levels or are on a low potassium diet.

Possible side effects of losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide

Common side effects:

• Cough, upper airway infection, nasal congestion, sinusitis, sinus disorder.

• Diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, and indigestion.

• Muscle pain or cramps, leg pain, back pain.

• Insomnia, headache and dizziness.

• Weakness, fatigue, chest pain.

• Increased potassium levels and decreased hemoglobin levels.

• Changes in kidney function including kidney failure.

• Severe low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).

Other medications, losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide:

Many drugs can interact with this medication, which can significantly change their effects. These drugs include:

• Potassium supplements, salt substitutes containing potassium, potassium-sparing medications, or other medications that may increase the level of potassium in the blood

• Other medications to lower blood pressure.

• Stimulants;

• Drugs for the treatment of cancer.

• Pain relievers.

• Medicines to treat fungal infections.

• Arthritis medications.

• Resins used for high cholesterol, such as cholestyramine.

• Medicines that relax your muscles.

• Sleeping pills.

• Opioid medications such as morphine.

• Oral agents for diabetes or insulin.