You may take olmesartan as part of a combination therapy with other blood pressure-lowering drugs. Olmesartan oral tablet is available as a brand-name drug and a generic drug. Brand name ...

A gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic has uncovered a rare but potentially serious association between the angiotensin II receptor antagonist (ARB) olmesartan and severe gastrointestinal ...

Between 2008 and 2011, 22 patients taking the drug olmesartan, sold under the brand name Benicar, suffered symptoms similar to celiac disease, including chronic diarrhea, vomiting, intestinal ...

However, many patients fail to respond adequately to low-dose monotherapy. This study examined whether olmesartan medoxomil dose titration and olmesartan medoxomil/hydrochlorothiazide combination ...

The FDA is warning that the widely-used antihypertensive agent olmesartan (marketed as Benicar, Benicar HCT, Azor, Tribenzor, and generics) may cause severe diarrhea. According to an FDA safety ...

Back to Healio CHICAGO — When olmesartan was added to treatment with ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers, researchers reported no improved outcomes in patients with chronic HF and hypertension.

The newest of these agents, olmesartan medoxomil, is an orally active drug with a favourable pharmacological profile. The medoxomil ester is a prodrug that is rapidly converted to the active ...

In a randomized, double-blind, multicenter, controlled trial, we assigned 4447 patients with type 2 diabetes to receive olmesartan (at a dose of 40 mg once daily) or placebo for a median of 3.2 years.

While recommendations for olmesartan medoxomil use in patients with diabetes will remain the same for now, the FDA will require information about some of the studies to be included in the drug labels.