Active Ingredient/Content
- Amlodipine Besylate 13.87mg
- Telmisartan powder(23.9%) 167.36mg
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Efficacy/Indication
- The treatment of hypertension:
- For initial therapy of hypertension in patients who are likely to need multiple drugs to achieve their blood pressure goals.
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- For substitution after titration of amlodipine and telmisartan as single agents.
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- For add-on therapy in patients not adequately controlled on amlodipine (or another dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker) alone or telmisartan (or another angiotensin receptor blocker) alone.
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Administration/Dosage
- Initially, give 1 tablet of amlodipine/telmisartan(5/40mg) PO once daily.
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- Therapy may be initiated with amlodipine/telmisartan(5/80mg) PO once daily in patients requiring larger blood pressure reductions.
- Antihypertensive effects are usually attained within 2 weeks with maximal effects after 4 weeks.
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- The dosage may be increased up to 10/80mg once daily.
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