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Angiotensin II

Is Angiotensin II legal in the US?

Yes, FDA approved for low blood pressure in septic or other types of shock.

AStrong human evidenceFDA approvedas of 2026-10-26

Synthetic human angiotensin II is FDA-approved and sold as Giapreza, approved in December 2017 as an intravenous infusion to raise blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock. 24

Yes. Giapreza was approved in December 2017 to raise blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock. It is given only by drip into a vein in hospital. 24

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Citations

  1. StatPearls: Physiology, renin angiotensin system ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  2. La Jolla Pharmaceutical: Giapreza product site giapreza.com
  3. Basso 2001, Hypertension: history of the discovery of the renin-angiotensin system pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  4. FDA: Giapreza (angiotensin II) prescribing information, 2017 accessdata.fda.gov
  5. Khanna 2017, NEJM: angiotensin II for the treatment of vasodilatory shock (ATHOS-3) doi.org

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