Jan Aushadhi medicines for blood pressure: matching your prescription
Blood pressure tablets are taken every day, often for years, so the monthly cost adds up. Many common BP salts, including telmisartan, amlodipine and cilnidipine, have a Jan Aushadhi medicine with the same salt and strength. Check all three: salt, strength and form.
The salts on most BP prescriptions
Common blood pressure salts include telmisartan, amlodipine, cilnidipine, losartan, olmesartan, metoprolol, bisoprolol and hydrochlorothiazide, often combined two or three in one tablet. The salt is printed under the brand name on the strip.
Read the letters after the brand
Letters after a brand name usually mean a second or third salt: "H" often means hydrochlorothiazide, "AM" amlodipine. A brand with letters is a combination and is matched only by the same combination at the same strengths.
Examples from today's catalogue
These prices are read live from our catalogue and change when it changes.
Before you change a brand
- Ask your doctor. Show them the salt and strength of the Jan Aushadhi medicine.
- Change one medicine at a time, so you can tell your doctor how you feel on it.
- Never stop or skip a dose because a strip ran out. Order a few days early; delivery usually takes five to seven days and the date is shown before you pay.
Search for the brand on your prescription to see its match.
Questions
Is a Jan Aushadhi telmisartan the same as my brand?
If the salt, the strength and the form are the same, it contains the same medicine. Ask your doctor before changing the brand you take.
My tablet has two salts. Can I still save?
Only if a Jan Aushadhi medicine has both salts at both strengths in one tablet. If it does, we show it; if not, we say so.
Can I order three months at once?
Yes. There is no small quantity limit, so you can order a longer supply of a medicine you take every day.