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A perspective on telmisartan and cardiovascular risk.
Reviews in cardiovascular medicine - 1 Jan 2007
Giles Thomas D
Abstract excerpt
The angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are well established as safe and effective in the treatment of arterial hypertension. Telmisartan is an ARB with potent blood-pressure lowering effects. It has a long terminal half-life of about 24 hours (the longest of any of the ARBs), which enables it to sustain blood pressure reductions in the early morning hours, after the previous morning dosing. Unlike the...
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