Aliskiren

Therapeutic indications

Aliskiren is indicated for:

Population group: both men and women, only adults (18 years old or older)

Aliskiren is indicated for the treatment of essential hypertension in adults.

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Aliskiren is contraindicated in the following cases:

at least one of

Idiopathic angio-oedema

Hereditary angioneurotic edema

Lactation

P-glycoprotein inhibitors

at least one of

ACE inhibitors, plain

Angiotensin II antagonists, plain and additionally at least one of

Diabetes mellitus

Renal failure stage 5: Kidney failure (GFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis)

at least one of

Renal failure stage 5: Kidney failure (GFR <15 mL/min/1.73 m2 or dialysis)