Benicar
Benicar is a heart blood pressure medication containing Olmesartan, available as 10/20/40mg tablets.
- Category
- Heart Blood Pressure
- Active ingredient
- Olmesartan
- Route
- Oral use
- Form
- Film-coated tablet
- Strengths
- 10/20/40mg
You will receive a quality generic equivalent, depending on stock.
Prescription rules on Benicar vary by country.
Details
- Conditions
- Hypertension
- Alternative Name
- Olmetec
- Therapeutic Class
- Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist
- Pharmacological Class
- ARB
- Minor Side Effects
- dizziness, fatigue
- Moderate Side Effects
- hyperkalaemia, elevated creatinine
- Dosage Forms
- Film-coated tablet
- Administration Route
- Oral use
- Prescription Status
- Available without prescription
- Originator
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Onset Time
- 1–2 weeks
- Duration
- 24 hours
- Storage Instructions
- Store at room temperature in a dry place.
- Drug Interactions
- potassium supplements, lithium, nsaids
- Age Restrictions
- Use with caution in patients over 65.
What you will receive
Benicar is the originator brand name, made by Daiichi Sankyo. We use it here to identify the medicine only; we are not affiliated with Daiichi Sankyo and do not ship the original Benicar.
- You receive a generic equivalent: the same active ingredient (Olmesartan) at the same dose, mostly recognised Indian branded generics from vetted manufacturers.
- The exact brand supplied depends on what is in stock at the dispatching warehouse.
- A regulated generic matches the original ingredient for ingredient by legal standard.