What is Hyzaar used to treat?
This drug is used to treat high blood pressure. It is also used to lower the risk of strokes in patients with high blood pressure and an enlarged heart. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This product contains two medications: losartan and hydrochlorothiazide.
Is 100 mg of losartan a lot?
Dosage for high blood pressure (hypertension) The typical starting dosage is 50 mg once daily. Dosages range between 25 and 100 mg per day. You take losartan once or twice per day.
What kind of drug is Hyzaar?
Hyzaar Description. Hyzaar 50/12.5 (losartan potassium-hydrochlorothiazide), Hyzaar 100/12.5 (losartan potassium-hydrochlorothiazide) and Hyzaar 100/25 (losartan potassium-hydrochlorothiazide) tablets combine an angiotensin II receptor blocker acting on the AT1 receptor subtype and a diuretic, hydrochlorothiazide.
What are the different doses of Hyzaar?
HYZAAR is available for oral administration in three tablet combinations of losartan and hydrochlorothiazide. HYZAAR 50/12.5 contains 50 mg of losartan potassium and 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide. HYZAAR 100/12.5 contains 100 mg of losartan potassium and 12.5 mg of hydrochlorothiazide.
How much potassium is in Hyzaar?
Hyzaar 50/12.5 contains 4.24 mg (0.108 mEq) of potassium, Hyzaar 100/12.5 contains 8.48 mg (0.216 mEq) of potassium, and Hyzaar 100/25 contains 8.48 mg (0.216 mEq) of potassium.
What ingredients are in Hyzaar 100/25?
HYZAAR 100/25 contains 100 mg of losartan potassium and 25 mg of hydrochlorothiazide. Inactive ingredients are microcrystalline cellulose, lactose hydrous, pregelatinized starch, magnesium stearate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, and titanium dioxide. HYZAAR 50/12.5 and HYZAAR 100/25 also contain D&C yellow No. 10 aluminum lake.