Losartan Orion
Losartan Orion lowers high blood pressure and helps protect kidneys in patients with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.
Form
tabletti, kalvopäällysteinen
Strength
12.5 mg
Active Ingredient
Losartan potassium
Manufacturer
Orion Corporation
How to Use
Dosage
The usual starting dose is 50 mg once daily. Your doctor may adjust the dose based on your condition. For children (6-18 years, 20-50 kg), the starting dose is 0.7 mg/kg once daily, up to 25 mg.
Method
Take the tablet with a glass of water, with or without food. Try to take your medicine around the same time each day.
Important
The maximum daily dose is usually 150 mg once a day.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Dizziness
- •Low blood pressure, especially when standing up quickly
- •Weakness
- •Fatigue
- •Low blood sugar (hypoglycemia)
- •High blood potassium (hyperkalemia)
- •Reduced red blood cells (anemia)
- •Impaired kidney function or kidney failure
RARE
- •Drowsiness
- •Headache
- •Sleep problems
- •Palpitations (feeling your heart beat fast)
- •Chest pain
- •Shortness of breath
- •Cough
- •Stomach pain
- •Constipation
- •Diarrhea
- •Nausea
- •Vomiting
- •Swelling (oedema)
- •Hives (itchy red rash)
- •Itching
- •Rash
- •Blood vessel inflammation
- •Numbness or tingling sensation
- •Irregular heartbeat
- •Stroke
- •Liver inflammation (hepatitis)
- •Increased liver enzyme values (which usually normalize after stopping treatment)
- •Hypersensitivity (over-sensitivity)
- •Fainting (syncope)
- •Angioedema (swelling of face, lips, throat)
- •Allergic reactions (anaphylactic reactions)
- •Intestinal angioedema (swelling in the intestines with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea)
- •Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
- •Pancreas inflammation (pancreatitis)
- •General feeling of being unwell
- •Urinary tract infection
- •Photosensitivity (skin sensitivity to light)
- •Erectile dysfunction (impotence)
- •Depression
- •Reduced platelet count
- •Migraine
- •Muscle and joint pain
- •Severe muscle breakdown with dark urine (rhabdomyolysis)
- •Flu-like symptoms
- •Low blood sodium (hyponatremia)
- •Back pain
- •Taste disturbance
Important Warnings
- Do not take if you are allergic to losartan or any other ingredient in this medicine.
- Do not take if you have severe liver problems.
- Do not use if you are more than 3 months pregnant or plan to become pregnant, as it can harm your baby.
- Do not take if you have diabetes or kidney problems and are taking a blood pressure medicine called aliskiren.
- Tell your doctor if you have ever had sudden swelling of your face, lips, throat, or tongue (angioedema).
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- Tell your doctor if you have severe vomiting, diarrhea, or are taking water pills (diuretics), as this can lead to severe fluid or salt loss.
- Tell your doctor if you have narrowed blood vessels to your kidneys, have recently had a kidney transplant, or have reduced kidney function.
- Tell your doctor if you have heart failure, heart valve problems, or a thickened heart muscle, or if you have coronary artery disease or a stroke.
- Tell your doctor if you are taking other blood pressure medicines like ACE inhibitors (e.g., enalapril, lisinopril, ramipril), especially if you have diabetes-related kidney problems, or aliskiren.
- Do not drink grapefruit juice while taking this medicine.
Use in Elderly Patients
Category A
Suitable for older adults. Monitor renal function and potassium concentrations during the pharmacotherapy. Avoid concurrent use of NSAIDs. (updated 14.4.2025)