Idezar Dosage/Direction for Use

General Dosing Recommendations: Dosing must be individualized and adjusted according to blood pressure response.
May be administered with other antihypertensive agents.
May be taken with or without food.
HYPERTENSION: Initial Dose: 150 mg once a day.
Titrate dose to 300 mg once a day in patient requiring further reduction in blood pressure.
If blood pressure is not controlled by irbesartan alone, a low dose diuretics may be added.
Patients inadequately treated by the maximum dose of 300 mg once a day are unlikely to derive additional benefit from a higher dose or twice a day dosing.
NEPHROPATHY IN TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: Initial Dose: 150 mg once a day.
Recommended Maintenance Dose: 300 mg once a day.
Or, as prescribed by a physician.
Dosage in elderly (>75 years old): Dosage adjustment is not usually necessary although consider giving an initial dose of 75 mg once a day.
Dosage in patients with hepatic impairment: No dosage adjustment is necessary in patients with mild to moderate hepatic impairment. There is no clinical experience in patients with severe hepatic impairment.
Dosage in patients with mild to severe renal impairment: No dosage adjustment is necessary.
Dosage in volume- and salt-depleted patients (e.g., patients treated vigorously with diuretics or on hemodialysis): Initial Dose: 75 mg once a day.