Drug class

Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker medications

“Angiotensin 2 Receptor Blocker” is a drug class recorded for these medicines in the National Library of Medicine’s RxClass service — usually the FDA “established pharmacologic class” from the drug label, which groups medicines by how they work or what they are. Our directory includes 10 medicines in this class, 10 of which carry a boxed warning on the label shown.

Losartan
Brand names: Arbli, Cozaar
The label says: Losartan potassium tablets are an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure in adults and children greater than 6 years old. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Valsartan
Brand names: Diovan
The label says: Valsartan tablets are angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Hypertension, to lower blood pressure in adults and children 6 years and older. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Olmesartan
Brand names: Benicar
The label says: Olmesartan medoxomil tablets are indicated for the treatment of hypertension in adults and children six years of age and older, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Irbesartan
Brand names: Avapro
The label says: AVAPRO is an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Telmisartan
Brand names: Micardis, Semintra
The label says: Telmisartanis an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Treatment of hypertension to lower blood pressure. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Losartan and hydrochlorothiazide
Brand names: Hyzaar
The label says: Losartan potassium and hydrochlorothiazide tablet is a combination of losartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) and hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic indicated for: Treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Sacubitril and valsartan
Brand names: Entresto
The label says: ENTRESTO is a combination of sacubitril, a neprilisin inhibitor, and valsartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker, and is indicated: to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adult patients with chronic heart failure. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide
Brand names: Diovan HCT
The label says: Valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets are indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure. Lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events, primarily strokes and myocardial infarctions. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Olmesartan and hydrochlorothiazide
Brand names: Benicar HCT
The label says: Olmesartan medoxomil and hydrochlorothiazide tablets is indicated for the treatment of hypertension, to lower blood pressure [see Dosage and Administration ( 2 )]. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)
Candesartan
Brand names: Atacand
The label says: Candesartan cilexetil tablets are an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) indicated for: Treatment of hypertension in adults and children 1 year to < 17 years of age, to lower blood pressure. …
Uses What it looks like Warnings (boxed)

Medicines in the same class can still differ in their approved uses, warnings and side effects. Class membership comes from the FDA label data published through the National Library of Medicine's RxClass service.

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