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ADESAN is a type of medicine called an angiotensin II receptor antagonist (or blocker).
ADESAN is used to treat high blood pressure, also called hypertension.
ADESAN is also used to treat heart failure. It is used in combination with other medicines
to treat your condition.
Hypertension:
All people have blood pressure. This pressure helps to push blood all around your
body. Your blood pressure changes during the day, depending on how busy you are or
how you are feeling.
You have hypertension (high blood pressure) when your blood pressure stays higher
than is needed, even when you are calm and relaxed.
Regular blood pressure checks are the only way of knowing that you have hypertension.
There are usually no symptoms of hypertension and you may feel fine. If hypertension
is not treated, serious health problems such as stroke or heart attack and heart or
kidney failure may occur.
ADESAN lowers blood pressure by dilating (expanding) small blood vessels from the
heart, letting the blood be pumped around the body more easily.
Heart Failure:
Heart failure means that the heart muscle cannot pump blood strongly enough to supply
all the blood needed throughout the body. Heart failure is not the same as heart attack
and does not mean that the heart stops working.
Heart failure may start off with no symptoms, but as the condition progresses, patients
may feel short of breath or may get tired easily after light physical activity such
as walking. Some patients may wake up short of breath at night. Fluid may collect
in different parts of the body, often first noticed as swollen ankles and feet.
ADESAN helps to treat heart failure and may improve your symptoms.
One of the ways ADESAN helps heart failure is that it widens the blood vessels, so
that the heart does not have to pump as hard to move the blood around the body. This
also means that when you place extra demands on your heart, such as during exercise,
the heart may cope better so you may not get short of breath as easily.
When used to treat heart failure, ADESAN is almost always used with other medicines
called diuretics or fluid tablets. These medicines help the kidney get rid of excess
fluid from the body.
Your doctor will have explained why you are being treated with ADESAN and told you
what dose to take.
Ask your doctor if you have any questions about why this medicine has been prescribed
for you.
Your doctor may prescribe it for another reason.
This medicine is not addictive.
It is available only with a doctor's prescription.
This medicine may affect your ability to drive a car or operate machinery.
There is not enough information to recommend the use of this medicine for children.
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