Candesartan

Blood pressure drug helps kidney patients - study

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Source: Reuters
Large doses of AstraZeneca’s high blood pressure drug Atacand (candesartan) may protect people with kidney disease from developing kidney failure and the need for dialysis or a transplant, researchers said on Wednesday.
Daily doses of eight times the normal amount of the drug, also known as candesartan, lowered abnormal amounts of protein in the urine, called [...]