Telmisartan, sold under the brand name Micardis, among others, is a medicine used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease. This is a reasonable initial treatment for high blood pressure. It's taken by the mouth.
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This medicine is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent stroke, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Telmisartan is a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily.
Telmisartan administered at bedtime, as opposed to morning dosing, improved sleep time–relative blood pressure decreased to a more dipper pattern with no loss of 24-hour efficacy. Nocturnal BP regulation is significantly better achieved with telmisartan bedtime dosing.
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Although telmisartan may be used to prevent kidney problems or to treat people with kidney problems, it can rarely cause or worsen serious kidney problems.
Telmisartan effectively and safely reduced blood pressure and resulted in proteinuria regression in diabetic and non-diabetic, hypertensive, proteinuric patients with chronic kidney disease, including those with mild to moderate chronic renal failure.
Telmisartan is used alone or in combination with other medicines to treat high blood pressure. Telmisartan is also used to reduce the chance of heart attack, stroke or death in people 55 years of age or older who are at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic thiazide (water pill) that helps prevent your body from absorbing too much salt, which can cause fluid retention. Telmisartan is an angiotensin-II receptor antagonist. Telmisartan prevents blood vessels from narrowing, which lowers blood pressure and improves blood flow.
Telmisartan is an effective once-daily treatment of hypertension at doses of 20 to 80 mg, while amlodipine is effective at doses of 2.5 to 10 mg.
This is a clinical observation-Hypertensive patient with well-controlled telmisartan alone had a higher incidence of depression in the headache clinic. Removal of telmisartan improved the state of depression.
Telmisartan is an angiotensin II receptor blocker used in hypertension therapy. Telmisartan is associated with a low rate of transient serum aminotransferase elevations but has yet to be associated with acute liver injury.
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