title: Telmisartan/amlodipine: single-pill combination in hypertension.
abstract: Telmisartan/amlodipine is a single-pill combination of telmisartan, an angiotensin II receptor antagonist, and amlodipine, a dihydropyridine calcium channel antagonist, which is taken orally once daily for the treatment of hypertension. In the US and the EU, single-pill telmisartan/amlodipine can be used as a replacement for separate telmisartan and amlodipine tablets, and by patients not achieving BP goals with amlodipine monotherapy. In addition, the US indication includes patients not achieving BP goals with telmisartan (or another angiotensin II receptor antagonist or calcium channel antagonist other than amlodipine) alone, and as initial therapy in patients considered likely to require multiple drugs to achieve their BP goals. In an 8-week, randomized, double-blind, factorial-design, placebo-controlled, multicenter study in adult patients with hypertension (n = 1461), mean DBP was reduced from baseline to a significantly greater extent in recipients of telmisartan 40 or 80 mg/day plus amlodipine 5 or 10 mg/day than in those receiving equivalent dosages of telmisartan or amlodipine monotherapy. Single-pill telmisartan/amlodipine recipients had significantly greater reductions in BP than telmisartan or amlodipine monotherapy recipients in an 8-week, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study in adult patients with severe hypertension (n = 858), and in four 8-week, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trials in patients who had not responded to amlodipine (n = 1097, 947, and 531) or telmisartan (n = 314) monotherapy. Telmisartan/amlodipine was generally well tolerated in clinical trials, including two 36-week follow-up studies.
authors.affiliation: Adis, a Wolters Kluwer Business, Auckland, New Zealand. demail@adis.co.nz
authors.forename: Marit D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Moen
mesh_terms: D017311:Amlodipine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D001565:Benzoates / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077333:Telmisartan
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001565:Benzoates; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004338:Drug Combinations; D017311:Amlodipine; D000077333:Telmisartan