BENICAR Reviews (OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL)

Average Rating: 2.2 (332 Ratings)

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BENICAR  (OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL):  Olmesartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Olmesartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 2002-04-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.)
5=HIGH (this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal.)

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DATE ADDED
 
 5  high blood pressure none it made my whole body cool off to the point of it making so much of a diferrence of how i felt in the past. it seems to be working very well for me. have had no side effects to this medication so far. but unlike another medication i have taken in th past, which did give me bad side affects. i have to say that this was the better choice for me and maybe not for everybody. i am taken 40 mg a day F 42
3/25/2008
 5  TO PREVENT KIDNEY PROBLEMS - AM DIA I HAVE HAD NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL AND HAVE BEEN ON BENICAR FOR YEARS. MY INS CO HAS DECIDED NOT TO COVER BENICAR AS IS IS NOT A GENERIC SO MY DR TRIED ME ON LISINOPRIL AND AFTER ONLY 2 DAYS I COUGHED SO HARD AND LONG I ACTUALLY LOST MY BREATH TWICE. I AM GOING TO LOOK INTO GETTING IT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. F 58
12/15/2009
 1  Hypertension My cholesterol levels became abnormally high after 6 months, including my LDL cholesterol, the bad kind. Before starting Benicar, they were normal, in fact, very good. Also, my tongue became "thick", causing slurred, dificult speech. Now, the doctor wants to put me on Lipitor. No, thanks! I'm quitting all drugs. I regret ever taking this drug. I hope I haven't suffered permanent damage. I took it for 6 1/2 months. F 51
3/4/2009
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 1  High blood pressure Severe allergic response after two years. Face head lips tongue would swell, hives, feet and hands itching, fainting. after 6 ER visits it was discovered. My fault for not looking deeper into the side effects M 50
40/25 1X day
3/22/2010
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 1  high blood pressure Athletic individual, difficulty getting breath while running. Fainting incident in March 2010, cause undetermined, possibly dehydration contributing. Died suddenly while running in June 2010 - autopsy results not available yet. He was convinced the high blood pressure medication or cholesterol medication was causing problems while running M 52
40-12.5 1X day
6/14/2010
 1  High Blood Pressure Tiredness, Uncontrollable cough with lots of mucous. Legs felt heavy. Very sick until I stopped taking it. It did manage my blood pressure but side effects were awful. I plan to ask my Dr. to give me something else. What ?I do not know because they all have some type of side affect. F 55
40mg 1X day
9/24/2011
 3  High blood pressure uncontrollable itching and rash on sides and back, upper arm and calves Don't know if it from Benicar (the itching). But am going to stop taking it to find out. M 60 1 days
12/4/2008
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 3   light headed 76 1 days
5/19/2016
 2  High Blood Pressure My knees hurt(also get muscle cramps at night in the back of my legs)My left arm hurts up to my shoulder.Will see my doctor next week to discuss these issues.I find myself feeLing anxious all of the time. F 63 1 days
40MG
4/7/2016
 1  HTN I had to try this drug after my health plan would not cover Diovan until I did. I have taken brand Diovan for 8 yrs with great success. Started on 5mg benicar and it did not control my bp after a week but caused indigestion, sweating, burning in chest, ears and neck, kidney pain and eye twitching. Increased to 10mg to try to lower bp then started with sneezing, ear congestion and just feeling physically exhausted. Thankfully I have qualified with my health plan by flunking this drug to go back on my Diovan medication and can't wait to feel normal again. With all of the dissatisfied comments, I don't know why this drug is even requied to be tried. It's terrible ghathat our doctors can't prescribe for patiets. Look at all moneyney being wasted having to try substitutes. I guess it's job security. F 47 1 days
10
3/7/2016
 1  HTN I had to try this drug after my health plan would not cover Diovan until I did. I have taken brand Diovan for 8 yrs with great success. Started on 5mg benicar and it did not control my bp after a week but caused indigestion, sweating, burning in chest, ears and neck, kidney pain and eye twitching. Increased to 10mg to try to lower bp then started with sneezing, ear congestion and just feeling physically exhausted. Thankfully I have qualified with my health plan by flunking this drug to go back on my Diovan medication and can't wait to feel normal again. With all of the dissatisfied comments, I don't know why this drug is even requied to be tried. It's terrible ghathat our doctors can't prescribe for patiets. Look at all moneyney being wasted having to try substitutes. I guess it's job security. F 47 1 days
10
3/7/2016
 1  High blood pressure Took this medication for one day made me nauseous headache blurry vision pains in my legs this is poison will not take it again Don't think there is any high blood pressure medicine that really helps especially if you're sensitive to medication F 66 1 days
20 mg
12/28/2014
 1  to reduce high blood pressure closong of throat making it hard to swallow, gas passing, bloating, loss of appetite and less sex drive or care. Erections are seldom now also little semen. M 65 1 days
3/30/2008
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 3  HBP Healthy. Except for HBP diagnosed 2 years ago. Benicar helped with BP and has been great up to this point. after taking the drug for a few months I developed a night cough. Had been unaware of the resp. side effects. Thought it was allergies, but now realize it has been from the Benicar. Have developed daily persistent cough, battled sinus infections, resp infections,shortness of breath, hoarseness, sore throats, asthma, ear infections.Now have developed swelling of ankles. Will wean off medicine. Institute other measures: reduce salt intake as well as implement other dietary measures. Plan on calling my Dr. tomorrow. Never have had swollen ankles til now. And have been on antibiotics for a month b/c of recurrent sinus and resp infections. MD started me on inhalers b/c he says I've developed asthma. Will be interesting to see if my symptoms subside when I wean myself off the medicine. F 51 2 days
6/1/2008
 2  High blood pressure Yes- it's only been 2 days but I have such low blood sugar I am unable to function. Very scary. Will discontinue. F 67 2 days
20 mg
4/16/2013
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 1  blood pressure The first day after taking the pill, I was not able to go to work the next day, could not get up from bed, feeling weak and trembling, called my doctor she said cut pill in half, I took my blood pressure and it was so low to the point of danger, I took the half the next day missed work that they, then back to work when all the symptoms of a stroke began was in the hospital 3 days. Don't take this medication even if you are not having this side effect, it could have killed me or left me disable, I was lucky that I have a good heart. M 57 2 days
20
4/7/2014
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 1  High Blood Pressure After the second day of taking medicine started having severe tingling over entire body. Stopped medication but tingling lasted for 3 days. I have had this reaction from other medicine but this one was the very worst. F 57 2 days
2/20/2008
 1  High BP Was only able to tolerate this med for two days. Unbelieably fatigue that started after first dose, entire body ached and this med inflamed pre-existing conditions. I've never hurt like this in my life. Extreme joint pain, muscle aches and burn, blurry vision and both hands and feet sting/burn like I'm standing on a million tiny needles. Severe mood swings to rage and anger. I can say for certain that this med lowered my blood pressure but the side effects are not worth it. I guess I'm hyper-sensative to Benicar and am throwing the rest in the trash. M 48 2 days
20mg
2/10/2012
 1  HBP Twice now, I've taken this medication for about 2 to 3 days, and both times I've been unable to get into a deep sleep, and my vision gets blurry. Can't imagine taking it for any length of time. This is probably the 9th BP med I've taken. All have had bad side effects for me. Coreg made my legs so weak that I could barely walk. Also, after getting off of all BP meds for several weeks (doc said I could see where I leveled off because my BP is not in stroke range) my plantar fasciitis went away. I'm ditching this med. The doctor gave me 40mg. samples of this drug and told me to cut them into thirds, which explains why I'm taking only 13 mg. per day. The doctor had previously told me that if I lost 10 lbs., she'd take me off of the meds, so I'm going to work on losing the extra weight, drink plenty of water, watch the salt intake, and exercise regularly. No more chemicals for me! They're all poison! I'm going to go "natural" and try a "Blood Pressure Support" dietary supplement from my local holistic market while I lose the weight. F 53 2 days
13mg 1X day
6/23/2010
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 1  High blood pressure I thought i was going to die. My kidneys shut down, terrible back ache, cold, chilled like i had a fever, but did not. The worse experience with medicine ever. Ankles and legs swollen and achy all over. Back on Cozaar, will watch my diet better. Terrible drug for me. F 73 2 days
40mg 1X day
3/16/2010
  

BENICAR  (OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL):  Olmesartan is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Olmesartan belongs to a class of drugs called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). It works by relaxing blood vessels so that blood can flow more easily.   FDA Approval Date: 2002-04-25 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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