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<blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 1806254" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>The sunlight aspect was not mentioned, and i was not aware of this aspect either, though i did a fair amount of research first. i did have a lot of side effects to start and was referred to <a href="https://beta.nhs.uk/medicines/losartan/" target="_blank">https://beta.nhs.uk/medicines/losartan/</a> by a pharmacist, and saw nothing about the sun, i have checked again and still can see nothing - maybe i missed it.......it was not until i spoke to my local pharmacist with a query months later, that she looked into it and phoned me back with the information, my GP did not know, and the skin specialist GP did not even ask about medications, just said i had allergic dermatitis. </p><p>If anyone else has problems, and has not linked them, i would caution that this sensitivity to sun (photosensitivity), even daylight in summer, seems to build up, and, as i found, when i started on ACE after 2 months medication free, both ACE and BBs can make it a lot worse again. Looking into ACE i see that these also can initiate the same problems, and that beta blockers can enhance any existing allergy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ann34+, post: 1806254, member: 94348"] The sunlight aspect was not mentioned, and i was not aware of this aspect either, though i did a fair amount of research first. i did have a lot of side effects to start and was referred to [URL]https://beta.nhs.uk/medicines/losartan/[/URL] by a pharmacist, and saw nothing about the sun, i have checked again and still can see nothing - maybe i missed it.......it was not until i spoke to my local pharmacist with a query months later, that she looked into it and phoned me back with the information, my GP did not know, and the skin specialist GP did not even ask about medications, just said i had allergic dermatitis. If anyone else has problems, and has not linked them, i would caution that this sensitivity to sun (photosensitivity), even daylight in summer, seems to build up, and, as i found, when i started on ACE after 2 months medication free, both ACE and BBs can make it a lot worse again. Looking into ACE i see that these also can initiate the same problems, and that beta blockers can enhance any existing allergy. [/QUOTE]
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