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Liver Transplant  (Expert Forum)
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Losartan
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Thomas D Schiano, MD - Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Liver Transplantation, Hepatology
The Mount Sinai Medical Center New York - NY
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Losartan

by viaduk, Jun 08, 2009 10:33PM
With the new info suggesting that Losartan may help with liver  fibrosis, do you think that it is appropriate to prescribe this for a patient with portal hypertension?

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by Thomas D Schiano, MD, Jun 09, 2009 06:47PM
there is definitely some suggestion that this family of medications may be helpful.  they can be somewhat problematic to use and would need to be used for years before potentially seeing an affect.  definitely not standard of care yet in my eyes.
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