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Nearly one in three adults in the U.S. has high blood pressure; and within this group, 6 out of 10 are unaware of their condition.†
If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with hypertension, your doctor may have prescribed
MICARDIS® (telmisartan) Tablets. You can learn more
about high blood pressure and MICARDIS (telmisartan) by using the links on this page to navigate throughout the site.
MICARDIS (telmisartan) provides powerful BP protection against hypertension, even in the early morning hours.*
For early morning BP protection.
*Clinical significance of reducing the early morning rise in blood pressure has not been established.
Selected important cautionary information
MICARDIS (telmisartan) is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to any component of this product.
In patients with an activated renin-angiotensin system, such as volume- and/or salt-depleted (e.g., those receiving high doses of diuretics), symptomatic hypotension may occur after initiation of MICARDIS therapy. This condition should be corrected prior to administration of MICARDIS and treatment should start under close medical supervision.
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USE IN PREGNANCY
When used in pregnancy during the second and third trimesters, drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and even death to the developing fetus. When pregnancy is detected, MICARDIS Tablets should be discontinued as soon as possible (see WARNINGS, Fetal/Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality).
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†Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2006 Update, A Report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, pgs. 25-26. Found at http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/113/6/e85.
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