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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION These highlights do not include all the information needed to use MICARDIS safely and effectively. See full prescribing information for MICARDIS . MICARDIS (telmisartan) tablets, for oral use Initial Approval: 1998 WARNING: FETAL TOXICITY See full prescribing information for complete boxed warning. When pregnancy is detected, discontinue MICARDIS as soon as possible ( , ) Drugs that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and death to the developing fetus ( , ) ----------------------------INDICATIONS AND USAGE--------------------------- MICARDIS is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions.
Studies of telmisartan in this setting do not exclude the possibility that telmisartan may not preserve a meaningful fraction of the effect of the ACE inhibitor to which it
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