Product Description:
Micardis belongs to a group of medicines called angiotensin II receptor blockers.
Angiotensin II is a substance produced in your body which causes blood vessels to narrow, thus increasing your blood pressure. Micardis blocks the effect of angiotensin II so that the blood vessels relax, and your blood pressure is lowered.
Micardis is used to treat essential hypertension (high blood pressure) in adults. 'Essential' means that the high blood pressure is not caused by any other condition.
High blood pressure, if not treated, can damage blood vessels in several organs, which could sometimes lead to heart attack, heart or kidney failure, stroke, or blindness. There are usually no symptoms of high blood pressure before damage occurs. Therefore, it is important to regularly measure blood pressure to verify if it is within the normal range.
Micardis is also used to reduce cardiovascular events (such as heart attack or stroke) in adults who are at risk because they have a reduced or blocked blood supply to the heart or legs, have had a stroke, or have high-risk diabetes. Your doctor can tell you if you are at high risk for such events.
Usage Instructions:
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not sure.
The recommended dose is one tablet a day. Try to take the tablet at the same time each day. You can take Micardis with or without food. The tablets should be swallowed with water or another non-alcoholic drink. It is important that you take Micardis every day until your doctor tells you otherwise.
If you feel that the effect of Micardis is too strong or too weak, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. For the treatment of hypertension, the usual dose for most patients is one 40 mg tablet once a day to control blood pressure over a 24-hour period. However, your doctor may recommend a lower dose of 20 mg or a higher dose of 80 mg.
Micardis may also be used in combination with diuretics (water tablets) such as hydrochlorothiazide, which has been shown to have an additive blood pressure lowering effect with Micardis.
For the reduction of cardiovascular events, the usual dose is one 80 mg tablet once a day. At the beginning of preventive therapy with Micardis 80 mg, blood pressure should be monitored frequently.
If your liver is not working properly, the usual dose should not exceed 40 mg once a day.
If you take more Micardis than you should:
Contact your doctor, pharmacist, or the nearest hospital emergency department immediately.
If you forget to take Micardis:
If you miss a dose, do not worry. Take it as soon as you remember on the same day. If you do not take your tablet on one day, take your normal dose on the next day. Do not take a double dose to make up for forgotten individual doses.
Warnings and Precautions:
Talk to your doctor before taking Micardis if you are suffering or have ever suffered from any of the following conditions:
- Kidney disease or a kidney transplant.
- Renal artery stenosis (narrowing of the blood vessels to one or both kidneys).
- Liver disease.
- Heart problems.
- Raised aldosterone levels (water and salt retention in the body along with imbalance of various blood minerals).
- Low blood pressure (hypotension), likely to occur if you are dehydrated (excessive loss of body water) or have salt deficiency due to diuretic therapy, low-salt diet, diarrhea, or vomiting.
- Elevated potassium levels in the blood.
- Diabetes.
Ingredients:
The active ingredient is Telmisartan.
Each tablet contains either:
- 40 mg of Telmisartan.
- Or 80 mg of Telmisartan.
Product Details:
Quantity: 28 Tablets
Product Type: Tablets
Brand: Micardis
Concentration: 80 mg
