2 The aims of this study were (1) to compare the effects of losartan and irbesartan on the change in uric acid levels in Chinese patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension and high ...

Blood pressure-lowering medications like calcium channel blockers and losartan may protect against gout in people with hypertension, according to a recent study. Gout is a condition where uric ...

Dr. Choi: That is right. And as far as lowering serum uric acid levels goes, all CCBs and losartan appear to do this. We do not have evidence that any other antihypertensive drugs do that from ...

Uric acid, a byproduct of purine breakdown, can accumulate due to poor elimination or overproduction, leading to ...

Evidence from observational studies points to serum uric acid (SUA) levels as a possible target of new interventions aimed at preventing loss of renal function in patients with diabetes mellitus ...

One example is the newly recognized uric-acid-lowering activity of losartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist. In a study of hypertensive renal transplantation patients being treated with ...

Some uric-acid-lowering medications for gout include: probenecid (Benemid) losartan (Cozaar) allopurinol (Zyloprim) febuxostat (Uloric) pegloticase (Krystexxa) Drinking plenty of water ...

Early investigators, such as Frederick Mahomed, Alexander Haig, and Nathan Smith Davis, hypothesized that uric acid might be a cause of hypertension or renal disease. In 1897, in his presidential ...