CompositionTelmikind 80 Tablet is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in adults and to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and death from heart disease in adults aged 55 and over at high risk. It is a single-ingredient medicine containing telmisartan 80mg, which belongs to a class of medicines called angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs).
This medicine blocks a hormone that narrows the blood vessels, allowing them to relax and widen so blood pressure falls. The 80mg strength is used both for blood pressure and for heart protection in people with established heart or blood vessel disease, or diabetes with organ damage. Take it once a day at the same time, with or without food, and continue even when you feel well.
Following a low-salt diet, keeping active, maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking and limiting alcohol all support heart health.
Do not take this medicine if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, as it can harm an unborn baby; tell your doctor straight away if you become pregnant. Before starting, tell your doctor if you have kidney or liver disease, narrowing of the kidney arteries, high potassium, heart valve disease or dehydration, and about other medicines you take, especially potassium supplements, water tablets or painkillers. Your doctor may check your kidney function and potassium. Tell your doctor if you are breastfeeding, and if you feel faint or dizzy. Do not stop taking this medicine unless your doctor advises you to do so.
