Candesartan

51 interactions 1 explained in plain English 165 cited references
Also sold as: Atacand Atacand®
About Candesartan

Candesartan is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure. Read the full Candesartan drug information page →

Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS
Medically reviewed by Dr. Brian Staiger, PharmD, BCPS · Updated Aug 9, 2026 · Editorial policy · Data sources

Sources: FDA prescribing information (Structured Product Labeling), the published literature cited in each entry, DDInter 2.0 (a major open-access drug-interaction database), and legacy DrugBank interaction data distributed by the NIH's RxNav service (decommissioned in 2024) — analyzed and reviewed by our pharmacist team. How we build this library →

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