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ʻO Losartan kahi lāʻau lapaʻau koko e pili ana i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo ARBs (angiotensin receptor blockers). Hana ia ma ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kou mau kīʻaha koko, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i kou koko a hoʻemi i ke kaomi ʻana i kou puʻuwai. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke koko kiʻekiʻe a pale i kou mau puʻupaʻa, ʻoiai inā he maʻi diabetes kāu.
ʻO Losartan kahi lāʻau lapaʻau waha e ālai ana i kekahi mau mea loaʻa i loko o kou kino e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā kīʻaha koko. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka wehe ʻana i ka
I kekahi mau hihia, kuhikuhi nā kauka i ka losartan ma waho o ka lepili no ka puʻuwai ʻole a i ʻole e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hana o nā puʻupaʻa i ka poʻe me ka maʻi puʻupaʻa maʻi. ʻAʻole i ʻae ʻia kēia mau hoʻohana ʻana akā ua kākoʻo ʻia e ka noiʻi olakino a me ka ʻike lapaʻau.
Hana ʻo Losartan ma ka pale ʻana i kahi hormone i kapa ʻia ʻo angiotensin II, ka mea e hoʻopilikia maʻamau i kou mau kīʻaha koko a e mālama kou kino i ka paʻakai a me ka wai. Ma ka pale ʻana i kēia hormone, hiki i ka losartan ke hoʻomaha a ākea kou mau kīʻaha koko.
Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia lāʻau lapaʻau he ikaika maʻalahi ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka mālie a i ʻole ka ikaika. He 3-6 pule ka lōʻihi e ʻike ai i nā hopena hoʻohaʻahaʻa koko piha, ʻoiai ua ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Hana ka lāʻau lapaʻau a puni ka uaki, me kēlā me kēia mahele e mau ana ma kahi o 24 mau hola. Kōkua kēia hana paʻa i ka mālama ʻana i ka mana koko mau me ka ʻole o ka hāʻule koke ʻana e hiki ke hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe i ka wili a i ʻole ka nāwaliwali.
E lawe i ka losartan e like me ke kauoha a kāu kauka, maʻamau hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā i ka manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe me ka ʻole o ka meaʻai, a maikaʻi loa ke lawe me ka wai, ka waiū, a i ʻole ka wai.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka maʻalahi o ka lawe ʻana i ka losartan i ke kakahiaka, akā ʻaʻole koʻikoʻi ka manawa inā ʻoe e kūlike. Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ʻelua manawa i ka lā, e hoʻokaʻawale i nā mahele ma kahi o 12 mau hola.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e ʻai i kekahi mea kūikawā ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka losartan, akā he mea nui ka noho ʻana i ka wai. E pale i ka ala ʻana i luna mai ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka moe ʻana, ʻoiai i nā pule mua o kāu mālama ʻana, no ka mea hiki i kēia ke pale i ka wili.
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, hiki ke lawe ʻia ka losartan i ka manawa like. Eia naʻe, inā ʻoe e lawe i nā mea hoʻohui potassium a i ʻole nā mea pani paʻakai, e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka, no ka mea hiki i ka losartan ke hoʻonui i nā pae potassium i kou koko.
He lāʻau lōʻihi ʻo Losartan āu e lawe ai no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki, a i ʻole no ke ola. He maʻi maʻi ka maʻi koko kiʻekiʻe e pono ai ka mālama mau ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻoponopono wikiwiki.
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ke koko i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole mau pule, akā e ulu ana nā pōmaikaʻi pale piha no kou puʻuwai a me nā puʻupaʻa i nā mahina a me nā makahiki o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. E nānā kāu kauka i kāu pane a hiki ke hoʻoponopono i kāu mahele i nā mahina mua.
Mai hooki koke i ka lawe ʻana iā losartan me ka ʻole e kamaʻilio mua me kāu kauka. ʻO ka hooki koke ʻana hiki ke hoʻonui i kou koko, he mea weliweli paha. Inā pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, e kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻemi mālie.
Hoʻomanawanui ka hapa nui o nā kānaka iā losartan, akā e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ʻaʻole maʻamau nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, a ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe i ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau āu e ʻike ai, ʻoiai i nā pule mua o ka mālama ʻana:
Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia mau hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou kino i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā mau lākou a hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i nā hoʻonā hiki.
ʻAʻole maʻamau akā ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao e koi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke, ʻoiai e pili ana lākou i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o 1 i ka 100 poʻe:
He maʻamau ʻole akā he hopena ʻino loa e pili ana i nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa, nā pae potassium kiʻekiʻe, a me nā hopena maʻi maʻi nui. E nānā kāu kauka iā ʻoe me nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e ʻike koke i kekahi o kēia mau pilikia.
ʻAʻole palekana ʻo Losartan no nā mea a pau, a e nānā pono kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo olakino ma mua o ke kau ʻana. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe iā losartan inā hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hōʻeha i kāu pēpē e ulu nei.
ʻO ka poʻe me kekahi mau pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa a i ʻole ka poʻe i maloʻo e hoʻohana i ka losartan me ka akahele. Pono paha kāu kauka e hoʻomaka iā ʻoe ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a i ʻole e nānā pono iā ʻoe inā he maʻi puʻupaʻa kou.
Inā he moʻolelo kou o nā hopena maʻi maʻi nui i nā lāʻau ARB, ʻaʻole kūpono paha ʻo losartan iā ʻoe. Pēlā nō, inā he haʻahaʻa loa ke koko a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi puʻuwai, hiki i kāu kauka ke koho i kahi lāʻau ʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka poʻe e lawe ana i kekahi mau lāʻau, me kekahi mau mea hoʻohui potassium, diuretics, a i ʻole lithium, pono paha i nā hoʻoponopono dosage a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana. E haʻi mau i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei.
Loaʻa ʻo Losartan ma ke ʻano he lāʻau maʻamau, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau i ke koho kūpono loa. ʻO ka inoa inoa mua ʻo Cozaar, i hana ʻia e Merck.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā lāʻau hui pū e loaʻa ana iā losartan me kahi diuretic (pill wai). Aia kēia mau hui i ka Hyzaar (losartan me ka hydrochlorothiazide), hiki ke maʻalahi inā pono ʻoe i nā lāʻau ʻelua.
Hana like ʻo Losartan generic e like me nā mana inoa inoa akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kumukūʻai. Hiki i kāu hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau ke haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mana i loaʻa iā lākou a kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ke koho kūpono loa.
Inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi ʻo losartan iā ʻoe a i ʻole e hana ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e hoʻopilikia ana, aia kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā lāʻau ARB ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me valsartan (Diovan), telmisartan (Micardis), a me olmesartan (Benicar).
Hana like nā mea pale ACE e like me lisinopril a i ʻole enalapril me losartan akā ma o kahi ʻano hana ʻokoʻa iki. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia mau lāʻau e hana i ka ʻū maloʻo ma ke ʻano he hopena ʻaoʻao.
ʻO nā papa lāʻau lapaʻau koko kiʻekiʻe ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me nā mea pale kahawai calcium (e like me amlodipine), beta-blockers (e like me metoprolol), a me nā diuretics (e like me hydrochlorothiazide). E koho kāu kauka i ke koho maikaʻi loa e pili ana i kāu mau pono olakino a me ka pane ʻana i ka lāʻau.
He lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa ʻo Losartan a me lisinopril no ke koko kiʻekiʻe, a ʻaʻole ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o kekahi. Hana lākou ma o nā ʻano hana like akā he mau ʻokoʻa nui.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o Losartan, ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻū maloʻo e pili ana i ka 10-15% o nā kānaka e lawe ana iā lisinopril. Inā ua hoʻāʻo ʻoe i kahi mea pale ACE e like me lisinopril a ua hoʻomohala i kahi ʻū mau, he koho maikaʻi ʻo losartan.
Hiki paha iā Lisinopril ke ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko kiʻekiʻe i kekahi poʻe, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o losartan no ka pale ʻana i nā puʻupaʻa i ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes. Loaʻa i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua nā hōʻike ikaika no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka puʻuwai a me nā hahau.
Aia ke koho maikaʻi loa i kāu pane pilikino, ka ʻaoʻao hopena, a me nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe. E kōkua kāu kauka iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hana maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana.
ʻAe, ʻaʻole palekana wale nō ʻo losartan no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes akā ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia. Hāʻawi ia i ka pale ʻana i nā puʻupaʻa maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes type 2, ʻoiai ke maʻamau ke koko kiʻekiʻe.
ʻAʻole pili ʻo Losartan i nā pae kōpaʻa koko a hiki ke hāʻawi i kekahi pale ʻana i nā pilikia maʻi maʻi. Nui nā kauka e manaʻo ana he lāʻau lapaʻau koko mua no ka poʻe me ka maʻi diabetes ma muli o kēia mau pōmaikaʻi pale ʻana i nā puʻupaʻa.
Inā ua lawe hewa ʻoe i ka nui o losartan, ʻo ka hopohopo nui ʻo ia paha e emi loa ana kou koko, e hoʻoulu ana i ka wili a i ʻole ka hāʻule. E noho a moe i lalo koke a e kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole ke kikowaena hoʻomalu lāʻau no ke alakaʻi.
ʻAʻole weliweli ka nui o nā overdoses losartan, akā pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau. E inu i ka wai, e pale i ka kū koke ʻana, a mai hoʻokele a hiki i kou ʻike ʻana i kou manaʻo. Inā ʻoe e manaʻo nui ana i ka wili, nāwaliwali, a i ʻole huikau, e ʻimi i ka mālama olakino pilikia.
Inā ua hala ʻoe i kahi mahele o losartan, e lawe koke iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i hala a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai lawe i ʻelua mahele i ka manawa hoʻokahi e uku no kahi mahele i hala, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa i kou koko. Inā poina pinepine ʻoe i nā mahele, e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hoʻomanaʻo kelepona a i ʻole e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻonohonoho pila e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ma ke ala.
Pono ʻoe e hooki i ka lawe ʻana iā losartan ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana a kāu kauka. ʻO ke koko kiʻekiʻe he maʻi maʻamau e pono ai ka mālama mau, ʻoiai ke manaʻo maikaʻi ʻoe.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke noʻonoʻo e hooki i ka losartan inā e noho maikaʻi ana kou koko ma o nā loli ola wale nō, a i ʻole inā e hoʻomohala ʻoe i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o nā pōmaikaʻi. Eia naʻe, pono e hana mau kēia hoʻoholo me kāu mea mālama ola, nāna e nānā i kou koko me ka palekana i ka wā o kekahi hoʻololi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke inu i ka waiʻona me ke ana ʻana i ka wā e lawe ana i ka losartan, akā e makaʻala e hiki i ka waiʻona ke hoʻonui i nā hopena hoʻohaʻahaʻa koko o ka lāʻau. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea ʻoi aku ka ʻūlū a i ʻole ka māmā ma mua o ka maʻamau.
E kaupalena i ka waiʻona i nā mea maʻamau (ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi inu i kēlā me kēia lā no nā wahine, ʻelua no nā kāne), a e mālama nui i ka wā e kū ana mai ka noho ʻana a i ʻole ka moe ʻana. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻūlū i ka wā e inu ana, e noʻonoʻo e hōʻemi i kāu ʻai ʻana i ka waiʻona a i ʻole e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia mai kāu lāʻau lapaʻau.
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