Valsartan is an antihypertensive medicine used to treat high blood pressure problems.
Valsartan is a drug produced by Novartis or Medley Laboratories, for example, and is sold in pill form.
The price of valsartan varies between 18 and 100 reais, depending on the dose of the drug.
Valsartan is indicated by your doctor for the treatment of hypertension, heart failure and to improve survival after a heart attack. This remedy acts on the body by inhibiting a hormone that increases water retention and leads to a decrease in tension.
How valsartan is used depends on treatment
It is usually ingested in the morning with breakfast.
Side effects of valsartan may include decreased haemoglobin levels, significant increases in creatinine concentration, potassium and total bilirubin in the blood, elevated levels of liver function, dizziness, blurred vision, hypotension or cough.
Valsartan is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the formula, kidney or liver problems, aortic and mitral valve stenosis, in addition, should not be used during pregnancy and lactation.