Avapro or Cozaar for kidney disease
October 2002
You might see patients with type 2 diabetes getting Avapro or Cozaar for kidney disease.
For years clinicians used ACE inhibitors for these patients. But no ACE inhibitor is actually APPROVED for this use.
Avapro (irbesartan) and Cozaar (losartan) slow progression of kidney disease...similar to ACE inhibitors.
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