The goal of Entresto treatment is to help you live longer and reduce the risk of a heart failure-related hospital stay. (This means that the left side of their heart is pumping out less blood than usual.) It works best in people with heart failure who also have a reduced ejection fraction. What it doesĮntresto is approved for use in adults with a type of chronic (ongoing) heart failure. This form is called an oral suspension, and you’d take it using an oral syringe. If you can’t swallow tablets, your pharmacist can crush Entresto and mix it with a liquid for you to drink. The second is valsartan, which is a type of medication called an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB).Įntresto comes as a tablet in different strengths. One is sacubitril, which is a type of medication called a neprilysin inhibitor.
This is a condition in which your heart is weak and can’t pump enough blood to the rest of your body.Įntresto contains two drugs. Entresto is a prescription brand-name medication used to treat certain types of heart failure.