About HF Managing HF
Changes to diet, activity, and medicine are all important parts of managing HF. Focusing on only one or another could mean incomplete care—so it's important to give your best effort to each component of your HF treatment plan. Be sure to work with your doctor to establish an HF treatment plan that's right for you.
Eat right
When you have HF, it's important to eat a balanced diet high in heart-healthy foods and low in salt. Salt causes the body to retain water, which can cause swelling and make it even harder for the heart to pump.
Click here for some ideas on how to reduce the amount of salt in your diet.
Stay active
Like any muscle, the heart may benefit from physical activity. And, in fact, most doctors consider light exercise an important part of HF treatment. If you have HF and your doctor says you are healthy enough, click here for some ideas you can try.
Manage your meds
It's not uncommon for people with HF to be taking several different medicines for several different conditions. But it's not always easy to remember what each medicine is for and when it should be taken.
Whether you have HF yourself or are caring for someone who does, click here for some tips to help you keep track of treatment.
ENTRESTO can harm or cause death to your unborn baby. Talk to your doctor about other ways to treat heart failure if you plan to become pregnant. If you get pregnant while taking ENTRESTO, tell your doctor right away.
ENTRESTO is a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of death and hospitalization in people with certain types of long-lasting (chronic) heart failure. ENTRESTO is usually used with other heart failure therapies, in place of an ACE inhibitor or other ARB therapy.
ENTRESTO can harm or cause death to your unborn baby. Talk to your doctor about other ways to treat heart failure if you plan to become pregnant. If you get pregnant while taking ENTRESTO, tell your doctor right away.
Do not take ENTRESTO if you
Before you take ENTRESTO, tell your doctor about all of your medical conditions, including if you have kidney or liver problems or a history of hereditary angioedema; are pregnant or plan to become pregnant; are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. You should either take ENTRESTO or breastfeed. You should not do both.
Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Especially tell your doctor if you take potassium supplements or a salt substitute; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); lithium; or other medicines for high blood pressure or heart problems such as an ACE inhibitor, ARB, or aliskiren.
ENTRESTO may cause serious side effects including:
The most common side effects were low blood pressure, high potassium, cough, dizziness, and kidney problems.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
ENTRESTO is a prescription medicine used to reduce the risk of death and hospitalization in people with certain types of long-lasting (chronic) heart failure. ENTRESTO is usually used with other heart failure therapies, in place of an ACE inhibitor or other ARB therapy.
This information is not comprehensive. Please see full Prescribing Information, including Boxed WARNING, and Patient Prescribing Information.
