Diovan vs Cozaar

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pharmalt82

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At one of the pharmacies I work at, there are a lot of African Americans on Diovan paying through their noses.
Is it more effective than generic Losartan? What am I not understanding here?
As far as I know, other than Micardis' long-acting effect, there really isn't anything that much better than losartan.
Please educate or link to a reference!
 
pharmalt82 said:
At one of the pharmacies I work at, there are a lot of African Americans on Diovan paying through their noses.
Is it more effective than generic Losartan? What am I not understanding here?
As far as I know, other than Micardis' long-acting effect, there really isn't anything that much better than losartan.
Please educate or link to a reference!
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I would like to know also...maybe some weird study or something. As far as I'm concerned...all ARBs are similiar in efficacy.
 
pharmalt82 said:
At one of the pharmacies I work at, there are a lot of African Americans on Diovan paying through their noses.
Is it more effective than generic Losartan? What am I not understanding here?
As far as I know, other than Micardis' long-acting effect, there really isn't anything that much better than losartan.
Please educate or link to a reference!
Click to expand...

There was a silly study published a few years back that said Benicar was superior to Cozaar, Avapro and Diovan. It was just crazy overpowered. The difference was something like 3 mmHg.

I can't find the study, but I think it was done in response to this letter from the FDA about unfounded superiority claims.
 
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