Micardis 80mg/Telmisartan-28 Tablets

What Micardis is and what it is used for

Micardis belongs to a class of medicines known as angiotensin II receptor antagonists.

Angiotensin II is a substance produced in your body which causes your blood vessels to narrow, thus increasing your blood pressure.

Micardis blocks the effect of angiotension 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 is not caused by any other condition.

High blood pressure, if not treated, can damage blood vessels in several organs, which could lead sometimes to heart attack, heart or kidney failure, stroke, or blindness.

There are usually no symptoms of high blood pressure before damage occurs.

Thus 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 (i.e heart attack or stroke) in adults who are at risk because they have a reduced or blocked blood supply to the heart or legs, or have had a stroke or have high risk diabetes

What you need to know before you take Micardis

Do not take micardis

• If you are allergic to telmisartan or any other ingredients of this medicine
• If you are more than 3 months pregnant. (it is also better to avoid micardis in early pregnancy)
• If you have severe liver problems such as cholestasis or biliary obstruction (problems with drainage of the bile from liver and gall bladder) or any other severe liver disease.
• If you have diabetes or impaired kidney function and you are treated with a blood pressure lowering medicine containing aliskiren.

How to take Micardis

Always take micardis exactly as your doctor has told you.

The recommended dose of micardis is one tablet a day.

Possible side effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Common side effects (may affect up to 1 in 10 people)

Low blood pressure(hypotension) in users treated for reduction of cardiovascular events.

Uncommon side effects (may affect up to 1 in 100 people)

Urinary tract infections, upper respiratory tract infections (e.g sore throat, inflamed sinuses, common cold)