More than 12 million bottles of blood pressure-lowering drugs such as valsartan and losartan have been removed from the market since 2018 because they contained nitrosamines.

Other ARBs include olmesartan (Benicar), valsartan (Diovan), and telmisartan (Micardis). Like losartan, these drugs can be used to treat high blood pressure and other heart problems. Losartan ...

Six ARBs are currently available in the United States for hypertension: losartan, valsartan, irbesartan, candesartan, eprosartan, and telmisartan (Table 1). All ARBs share certain features because ...

A number of theories have been put forward to explain how the toxic chemical ended up in the supply of some heartburn medications, as well as in the blood pressure drugs, valsartan and losartan ...