July 16, 2009 — Telmisartan and candesartan may not prevent renal disease or microalbuminuria, according to the results of 2 separate studies reported in the July 7 issue of the Annals of ...

Endothelial dysfunction in the glomeruli and impaired renal autoregulation, which may cause glomerular sclerosis, were observed in DS rat kidney. Telmisartan treatment improves these dysfunctions ...

Investigators randomized 860 patients to two weeks of treatment with either telmisartan 40 mg or losartan 50 mg after a four-week run-in period, and then titrated to 50 weeks of treatment with ...

Telmisartan and enalapril have shown comparable antihypertensive efficacy in nondiabetic hypertensive patients and similar efficacy in reducing proteinuria in patients with moderate renal failure ...

For the secondary renal outcome, dialysis or doubling of serum creatine, 189 events were recorded in the telmisartan group, compared with 174 in the ramipril group, but 212 in the combination group.

Level 1: Likely reliable evidence A combination of ramipril (Altace) 10 mg daily plus telmisartan (Micardis) 80 mg daily does not reduce mortality or cardiovascular morbidity compared with ...

The TRANSCEND (Telmisartan Randomized AssessmeNt Study in ACE iNtolerant subjects with cardiovascular Disease) study enrolled nearly 6,000 people worldwide who are intolerant to ACE inhibitors ...

Telmisartan, a drug widely used to help control blood pressure, may have uniquely potent activity in preventing stroke, according to a new study conducted in an animal model.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals has recalled one lot of 20mg telmisartan tablets because the bottles may actually contain 40mg tablets. According to an announcement with the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Aug. 28 -- WEDNESDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- The blood pressure drug telmisartan does not lower the rate of stroke, cardiovascular events or diabetes better than a placebo in patients who ...

The FDA has approved a new pill called Widaplik, which combines three drugs – telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide – to treat adults who have high blood pressure.