Definition of losartan
: an antihypertensive drug that is taken orally in the form of its potassium salt C22H22ClKN6O and blocks the action of the physiologically active form of angiotensin
The onset of the hypotensive effect of losartan appears to be more gradual than that associated with ACE inhibitors …— Theodore L. Goodfriend et al.
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The first known use of losartan was in 1991
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