MICARDIS PLUS 40/12.5MG 28 TABS

**DESCRIPTIONS TELMISARTAN AND HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE COMBINATION IS USED TO TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION). HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ADDS TO THE WORKLOAD OF THE HEART AND ARTERIES. IF IT CONTINUES FOR A LONG TIME THE HEART AND ARTERIES MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS CAN DAMAGE THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE BRAIN HEART AND KIDNEYS RESULTING IN A STROKE HEART FAILURE OR KIDNEY FAILURE. A LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE CAN REDUCE THE RISK OF STROKES AND HEART ATTACKS. TELMISARTAN IS AN ANGIOTENSIN II RECEPTOR BLOCKER (ARB). IT WORKS BY BLOCKING A SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY THAT CAUSES THE BLOOD VESSELS TO TIGHTEN. AS A RESULT TELMISARTAN RELAXES THE BLOOD VESSELS. THIS LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE AND INCREASES THE SUPPLY OF BLOOD AND OXYGEN TO THE HEART. HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE IS A THIAZIDE DIURETIC (WATER PILL). IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE BODY BY INCREASING THE FLOW OF URINE WHICH HELPS LOWER THE BLOOD PRESSURE.