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It's Very Important to Manage Your High Blood Pressure
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ROUGHLY 67-MILLION U-S-ADULTS HAVE HYPERTENSION--COMMONLY KNOWN
AS HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE. AND, SOME MAY NOT KNOW THAT HYPERTENSION
CAN INCREASE THE RISK FOR STROKES AND HEART-ATTACKS. DOCTOR ANA
STANKOVIC--A BOARD-CERTIFIED NEPHROLOGIST AND CLINICAL-HYPERTENSION
SPECIALIST WHO PRACTICES MEDICINE IN SOUTHERN NEW-HAMPSHIRE--EXPLAINS
THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE...
(STANKOVIC):
"HIGH
BLOOD-PRESSURE TYPICALLY HAS NO SYMPTOMS; TREATMENT OFTEN INVOLVES BOTH
LIFESTYLE-CHANGES AND MEDICATION. LOWERING BLOOD-PRESSURE IS KEY,
BECAUSE IT MAY REDUCE THE RISK OF STROKES AND HEART-ATTACKS. IF
YOU HAVE HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE, YOU'RE NOT ALONE: HIGH
BLOOD-PRESSURE IS VERY COMMON--AFFECTING NEARLY ONE-IN-THREE ADULTS.
MANY ADULTS WHO MAY NOT BE WELL-CONTROLLED ON A SINGLE MEDICATION MAY
REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE MEDICATION TO HELP ACHIEVE THEIR BLOOD-PRESSURE
TARGETS. ONE SUCH TREATMENT-OPTION IS 'EDARBYCLOR'--OR 'AZILSARTAN
MEDOXOMIL' AND 'CHLORTHALIDONE'--THE ONLY F-D-A-APPROVED
HYPERTENSION-THERAPY IN THE U-S TO COMBINE AN
'ANGIOTENSIN-TWO'-RECEPTOR-BLOCKER WITH THE DIURETIC 'CHLORTHALIDONE',
IN A SINGLE PILL. THE TWO MEDICATIONS WORK TOGETHER, TO HELP LOWER
BLOOD-PRESSURE LEVELS IN PATIENTS WHO NEED MORE THAN ONE MEDICATION TO
REACH THEIR BLOOD-PRESSURE GOALS."
(CLOSE--INCLUDING
FULL "IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION"):
LEARN MORE AT
"EDARBYCLOR"-DOT-COM; THAT'S "E-D-A-R-B-Y-C-L-O-R"-DOT-COM.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNING: "EDARBYCLOR" CAN CAUSE HARM OR DEATH TO YOUR UNBORN-BABY. IF YOU BECOME PREGNANT WHILE TAKING "EDARBYCLOR", TELL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY. IF YOU PLAN TO BECOME PREGNANT, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT OTHER TREATMENTS TO LOWER BLOOD-PRESSURE.
BEFORE TAKING "EDARBYCLOR", TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU ARE BREASTFEEDING OR PLAN TO BREASTFEED. DISCUSS WITH YOUR DOCTOR OTHER WAYS TO LOWER YOUR BLOOD-PRESSURE. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF "EDARBYCLOR" PASSES INTO BREAST-MILK. YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD DECIDE IF YOU WILL TAKE "EDARBYCLOR" OR BREASTFEED. YOU SHOULD NOT DO BOTH.
DO NOT TAKE "EDARBYCLOR" IF YOU MAKE LESS URINE BECAUSE OF KIDNEY-PROBLEMS ("ANURIA").
DO NOT TAKE "ALISKIREN" WITH "EDARBYCLOR" IF YOU HAVE DIABETES.
TELL YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ALL YOUR MEDICAL-CONDITIONS--INCLUDING IF YOU HAVE HEART-PROBLEMS OR STROKE, HAVE GOUT, OR HAVE LIVER- OR KIDNEY-PROBLEMS. KIDNEY-PROBLEMS MAY BECOME WORSE IN PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE KIDNEY-DISEASE. IF YOU HAVE KIDNEY-PROBLEMS, YOU MAY NEED BLOOD-TESTS--AND YOUR DOCTOR MAY NEED TO LOWER YOUR DOSE, OR MAY NEED TO STOP TREATMENT WITH "EDARBYCLOR".
TELL YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT ALL THE MEDICINES YOU TAKE--INCLUDING PRESCRIPTION- AND NONPRESCRIPTION-MEDICINES, VITAMINS, AND HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS. ESPECIALLY TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU TAKE OTHER MEDICINES TO TREAT YOUR HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE OR HEART-PROBLEM; WATER-PILLS (DIURETICS); LITHIUM; OR "DIGOXIN".
"EDARBYCLOR" MAY CAUSE SERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS, INCLUDING LOW BLOOD-PRESSURE (HYPOTENSION)--WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO FEEL FAINT AND DIZZY. VOMITING AND DIARRHEA, A LOW-SALT DIET, SWEATING A LOT, OR NOT DRINKING ENOUGH FLUID CAN ALSO LEAD TO LOW BLOOD-PRESSURE.
IF YOU FEEL FAINT OR DIZZY, LIE DOWN AND CALL YOUR DOCTOR RIGHT AWAY. IF YOU PASS OUT (FAINT), HAVE SOMEONE CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR GET MEDICAL-HELP. STOP TAKING "EDARBYCLOR".
IF YOU HAVE FLUID- AND BODY-SALT- (ELECTROLYTES) PROBLEMS, TELL YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS: DRY MOUTH, CONFUSION, THIRST, LACK-OF-ENERGY/WEAKNESS, DROWSINESS, PASSING VERY LITTLE URINE OR PASSING LARGE AMOUNTS OF URINE, SEIZURES, MUSCLE-PAIN/CRAMPS, RESTLESSNESS, MUSCLE-TIREDNESS (FATIGUE), FAST OR ABNORMAL HEARTBEAT, NAUSEA AND VOMITING, OR CONSTIPATION.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE INCREASED LEVELS OF URIC-ACID IN THE BLOOD MAY DEVELOP GOUT. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE GOUT, TELL YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT WORSENING OF YOUR GOUT-SYMPTOMS.
IN CLINICAL STUDIES, THE SIDE-EFFECTS SEEN WITH "EDARBYCLOR" INCLUDED DIZZINESS (8.9%) AND TIREDNESS (2.0%).
YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT NEGATIVE SIDE-EFFECTS OF PRESCRIPTION-DRUGS TO THE F-D-A. VISIT W-W-W-DOT-"F-D-A"-DOT-GOV-SLASH-"MED-WATCH"--OR CALL 1-800-"F-D-A"-1088.
USE OF "EDARBYCLOR"
"EDARBYCLOR" IS A PRESCRIPTION-MEDICINE USED TO TREAT HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION) WHEN ONE MEDICINE IS NOT ENOUGH--OR AS THE FIRST MEDICINE--IF YOUR DOCTOR DECIDES YOU ARE LIKELY TO NEED MORE THAN ONE MEDICINE. MEDICINES THAT LOWER YOUR BLOOD-PRESSURE MAY LOWER YOUR CHANCES OF HAVING A STROKE OR HEART-ATTACK--BUT THEY DON'T WORK ALONE. IT SHOULD BE PART OF A COMPLETE TREATMENT-PLAN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE-PROFESSIONAL, SEE COMPLETE "PRESCRIBING INFORMATION" FOR "EDARBYCLOR", AND VISIT W-W-W-DOT-"EDARBYCLOR"-DOT-COM.
