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Medicine 2021-06-18

Researchers find losartan is not effective in reducing hospitalization from mild COVID-19

The common blood pressure medication also does not appear to have any significant harmful side effects on patients with COVID-19
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (06/18/2021) -- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers determined that the common blood pressure medication, losartan, is not effective in reducing hospitalization for mildly-ill COVID-19 outpatients.

In the multicenter, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial, non-hospitalized patients recently diagnosed with COVID-19 were given either losartan or a placebo and monitored for 15 days. The study's results, which were published in END