Blood pressure medications
What published FAA guidance says about 13 medications Crosscheck files under blood pressure medications: each one's answer and, where there is one, its wait. Open a medication for the FAA's own words, the source and its date.
- Acceptable with conditionsAlso called lisinopril, Zestril, Prinivil, Qbrelis
- Acceptable with conditionsAlso called doxazosin, Cardura, prazosin, Minipress
ARBs (angiotensin II receptor blockers)
Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 7 days no-fly ground trial when starting a new blood pressure medicationAlso called losartan, Cozaar, valsartan, Diovan- Acceptable with conditionsAlso called metoprolol, Lopressor, Toprol XL, atenolol
- Acceptable with conditionsAlso called amlodipine, Norvasc, nifedipine, Procardia
- Do not issueAlso called Catapres, Clorpres, Kapvay, Nexiclon
- Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 7 days no-fly ground trial when starting a new blood pressure medicationAlso called aliskiren, Tekturna
- Acceptable with conditionsAlso called hydralazine, Apresoline, oral minoxidil, minoxidil
- Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 7 days no-fly ground trial when starting a new blood pressure medicationAlso called hydrochlorothiazide, HCTZ, Microzide, chlorthalidone
Endothelin receptor antagonists
Acceptable with conditions · Wait: 7 days no-fly ground trial when starting a new blood pressure medicationAlso called aprocitentan, Tryvio- Do not issueAlso called Wytensin
- Do not issueAlso called Tenex, Intuniv
- Do not issueAlso called Aldomet
Other groups of medications
Every medication Crosscheck has an FAA answer for, by group or from A to Z, with the answer and the wait on each line. New from the FAA in October 2026: the FAA's MedGuide, explained.
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